Article 2 Appointed day

(1)

The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 23 November 2016.

(2)

In Part 1 (Regulation of private rented housing)—

(a)

section 4 (requirement for a landlord to be registered);

(b)

section 5 (exceptions to the requirement for a landlord to be registered) for all remaining purposes;

(c)

section 6 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out lettings activities) for all remaining purposes;

(d)

section 7 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out property management activities) for all remaining purposes;

(e)

section 8 (exceptions to requirements for landlords to be licensed) for all remaining purposes;

(f)

section 9 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out lettings work);

(g)

section 10 (meaning of lettings work) for all remaining purposes;

(h)

section 11 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out property management work);

(i)

section 12 (meaning of property management work) for all remaining purposes;

(j)

section 13 (offence of appointing an unlicensed agent);

(k)

section 28 (prosecution by a licensing authority or a local housing authority);

(l)

section 29 (fixed penalty notices) for all remaining purposes;

(m)

section 30 (rent stopping orders);

(n)

section 31 (revocation of rent stopping orders);

(o)

section 32 (rent repayment orders);

(p)

section 33 (rent repayment orders: further provision);

(q)

section 34 (power for Welsh Ministers to make regulations in relation to sections 32 and 33) for all remaining purposes;

(r)

section 35 (offences by bodies corporate);

(s)

section 40 (code of practice) for all remaining purposes;

(t)

section 41 (guidance) for all remaining purposes;

(u)

section 42 (directions) for all remaining purposes;

(v)

section 43 (activity in contravention of this Part: effect on tenancy agreements);

(w)

section 44 (restriction on terminating tenancies); and

(x)

section 46 (regulations about fees) for all remaining purposes.