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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-4-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1826",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-4-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Day appointed",
  "text": "The day appointed is 23 November 2015 for the following provisions of the Act to come into force insofar as those provisions are not already in force—\n(a) section 1 (overview of this Part);\n(b) section 2 (meaning of key terms);\n(c) section 3 (licensing authority);\n(d) section 14 (duty to maintain register in relation to rental properties) and Schedule 1 (register of private rented housing);\n(e) section 15 (registration by a licensing authority);\n(f) section 16 (duty to update information);\n(g) section 17 (revocation of registration);\n(h) section 18 (licences that may be granted);\n(i) section 19 (licence application requirements);\n(j) section 20 (fit and proper person requirement);\n(k) section 21 (determination of application);\n(l) section 22 (licence conditions);\n(m) section 23 (duty to update information);\n(n) section 24 (amendment of licence);\n(o) section 25 (revocation of licence);\n(p) section 26 (expiry and renewal of licence);\n(q) section 27 (licensing appeals);\n(r) section 36 (requests for information from authorities and use of information by authorities);\n(s) section 37 (power to require documents to be produced or information given);\n(t) section 38 (enforcement of powers to obtain information);\n(u) section 39 (false or misleading information);\n(v) section 45 (landlords who are trustees);\n(w) section 47 (information about applications);\n(x) section 48 (giving notification etc. under this Part); and\n(y) section 49 (interpretation of this Part and index of defined terms).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1826/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:34.754413+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}