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The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/894 · Made 19 March 1998

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CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

Made 19th March 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 150(3) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 53.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and extent
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998.

(2)

This Order shall extend only to Scotland.

2Commencement

Sections 104 to 117 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (in so far as they are not already in force) shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

Signature

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th March 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in Scotland on 1st May 1998 the provisions of Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (construction contracts).

The provisions of Part II enabling the Secretary of State or the Lord Advocate to make orders or regulations (among other matters) were brought into force on 11th September 1996 by the earlier Commencement No. 1 Order.