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The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 7) (England) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/1068 · Made 26 March 2007

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Housing, England

Made 26th March 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 270(4) and (5)(a), (c), (d) and (f) of the Housing Act 2004f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 c.34. The powers conferred by sections 270(4) and (5) are exercisable, as respects England, by the Secretary of State and, as respects Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales. See the definition of the appropriate national authority in section 261(1) of the Housing Act 2004.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and application
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 7) (England) Order 2007.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

2Commencement

The following provisions of the Housing Act 2004 shall come into force on 6th April 2007—

(a)

in so far as they are not already in forcef1, sections 53, 212 to 215 and Schedule10;

(b)

section 266 in so far as it relates to the repeals in—

(i)

the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939f2;

(ii)

the County of Merseyside Act 1980f3;

(iii)

the Building Act 1984f4; and

(iv)

the Leicestershire Act 1985f5.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

for Communities and Local Government

Kay Andrews

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

26th March 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in England on 6th April 2007 sections 212 to 215 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Housing Act 2004, which relate to tenancy deposit schemes.

This Order also brings into force in England on 6th April 2007 section 53 of that Act, which makes miscellaneous repeals in relation to fire hazards, and section 266, in so far as it relates to those repeals.