Article 2 Day appointed

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—

(a)

section 1 (overview of this Part);

(b)

section 2 (meaning of key terms);

(c)

section 3 (licensing authority);

(d)

section 14 (duty to maintain register in relation to rental properties) and Schedule 1 (register of private rented housing);

(e)

section 15 (registration by a licensing authority);

(f)

section 16 (duty to update information);

(g)

section 17 (revocation of registration);

(h)

section 18 (licences that may be granted);

(i)

section 19 (licence application requirements);

(j)

section 20 (fit and proper person requirement);

(k)

section 21 (determination of application);

(l)

section 22 (licence conditions);

(m)

section 23 (duty to update information);

(n)

section 24 (amendment of licence);

(o)

section 25 (revocation of licence);

(p)

section 26 (expiry and renewal of licence);

(q)

section 27 (licensing appeals);

(r)

section 36 (requests for information from authorities and use of information by authorities);

(s)

section 37 (power to require documents to be produced or information given);

(t)

section 38 (enforcement of powers to obtain information);

(u)

section 39 (false or misleading information);

(v)

section 45 (landlords who are trustees);

(w)

section 47 (information about applications);

(x)

section 48 (giving notification etc. under this Part); and

(y)

section 49 (interpretation of this Part and index of defined terms).