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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989-commencement-no-3-order-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2445",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989-commencement-no-3-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 3 of this Order brings into force on the 16th January 1990 Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 which relates to the revenue accounts and capital finance of local authorities (subject to the transitional provisions in Schedule 1) and the following provisions of that Act—\nsection 18 (regulations relating to schemes for basic attendance and special responsibility allowances for local authority members);\nsection 20 (regulations requiring relevant authorities to adopt certain procedural standing orders);\nsection 22 (Advisory Commissioners);\nsection 31 (National Code of Local Government Conduct);\nsection 99 (directions or guidance under Part VIII (grants towards cost of improvements and repairs));\nsection 137 (orders or regulations under Part VIII);\nsection 138 (interpretation of Part VIII);\nsection 160 (Welsh language names for local authorities);\nsection 162 (principle to be considered by a local authority when determining rents);\nsection 165(1) in relation to provisions in Schedule 9 which extend the Secretary of State’s power to make management regulations under the Housing Act 1985 in relation to houses in multiple occupation;\nsection 167 (reports to tenants etc. on local housing authority functions);\nsection 168 (contributions towards costs of housing mobility arrangements);\nsection 171 (winding up the home purchase assistance scheme);\nsection 172(6), (7) and (8) (transfer of new town housing stock);\nsection 175 (repeal of Town Development Act 1952 (c. 54));\nsection 180 (codes of race relations practice in the housing field);\nsections 182 (power to monitor the activities of registered housing associations);\nsection 194 in relation to certain minor and consequential amendments in Schedule 11 and repeals in Schedule 12;\nparagraphs 49(3), 60 and 63 of Schedule 5 (items to be taken into account in issuing a precept and in the making of calculations under section 95 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)).\nArticle 4 of the order brings into force on the 16th January 1990 a number of other provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 for the limited purposes specified in that article.\nArticle 5 of the Order brings into force on the 1st March 1990 the following provisions of the Act—\nsection 1(1) to (4), (7) and (8) (political restriction of officers and staff of local authorities);\nsections 172(1) to (5) and (9) and 173 (transfer of new town housing stock).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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