# The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2016, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/1066/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-8-order-2016/article-2
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