General
1.—(1) No amendment or repeal made by this Order affects the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to an English registered social landlord before the commencement date.
(2) A reference (express or implied) in any amendment made by this Order to a provision of Part 1 or 2 of the 2008 Act is, so far as the context permits, to be read as including, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes before the commencement date, a reference to any corresponding former provision of Part 1 of the 1996 Act or any corresponding earlier enactment.
(3) In particular, a reference (express or implied) in any amendment made by this Order to registration as a provider of social housing (without further differentiation), registration as a private provider of social housing (without further differentiation) or registration as a non-profit provider of social housing (with or without further differentiation) is, so far as the context permits, to be read as including, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes before the commencement date, a reference to registration as an English registered social landlord.
(4) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a person as an English registered social landlord is, if in force or effective immediately before the commencement date, to have effect for the purposes of any amendment made by this Order as if done by or in relation to that person as a non-profit registered provider of social housing so far as that is required for continuing its effect on and after the commencement date.
(5) The references in sub-paragraphs (1) and (4) to things done include references to things omitted to be done.
(6) In this paragraph “English registered social landlord”, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes before the commencement date, means any person who, at the time in question—
(a)is a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the 1996 Act as it then has effect and does not fall within section 56(2) of that Act as it then has effect, or
(b)has a corresponding registration under an earlier enactment.