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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1008",
  "legislation_title": "The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 of this Order brings into force, the day after the day on which the Order is made, the following provisions of the Act, in relation to England and Wales: section 1(7) and Schedule 1 (repeals related to general power of competence); Schedule 14 (grounds for landlords to refuse to surrender and grant tenancies under section 158); Section 237 and Schedule 25 (repeals, partially).\nArticle 3 of this Order brings into force on 3rd May 2012 the following provisions of the Act, in relation to England and Wales: section 188 (London housing strategy); section 192 (Mayor’s economic development strategy for London); sections 225 to 229 and Schedule 23 (the London Environment Strategy and other provisions relating to strategies); section 231 (Transport for London: access to meetings and documents etc); section 237 and Schedule 25 (repeals, partially).\nArticle 4 of this Order brings into force on 4th May 2012 the following provisions of the Act, in relation to England and Wales, so far as not yet in force: sections 21 and 22, Schedule 2 and 3, section 237 and Schedule 25 (partially) (governance).\nArticle 5 of this Order brings into force on 31st May 2012 the following provisions of the Act in relation to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: sections 48 to 57 (EU financial sanctions).\nArticle 6 of this Order brings into force on 15th January 2013 in relation to England and Wales section 150(3) of the Act (tenancy strategies).\nArticles 7 to 12 of the Order make transitional, savings and transitory provision.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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