Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions No. 3) Order 1993.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, “the 1993 Act” means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and references to sections and Schedules without more are references to sections of and Schedules to that Act.

Commencement

3.  The following provisions of the 1993 Act shall come into force on 10th November 1993—

• so much of section 132 as confers on the Secretary of State a power to make regulations,

• sections 158 to 173,

• section 175,

• section 177,

• section 180 in so far as it is not in force,

• section 181(3),

• section 183,

• section 185,

• section 187(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 3, 6, 8 and 28 to 32 of Schedule 21,

• section 187(2) in so far as it relates to the repeal in the Land Compensation Act 1961(2),

• Schedules 17 to 20.

4.  Subject to article 5,—

(a)section 121 shall come into force on 1st December 1993; and

(b)section 122 shall come into force on 1st February 1994.

Transitional Provisions

5.—(1) The substitution made by section 121 (substitution of section 96 of the Housing Act 1985(3): right to have repairs carried out) shall not have effect in a case where a notice was served in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Secure Tenancies (Right to Repair) Regulations 1985(4) (tenant’s notice claiming the right to repair) before 1st April 1994.

(2) The insertion made by section 122 (insertion of sections 99A and 99B in the Housing Act 1985: right to compensation for improvements) shall not have effect in a case where work on the improvement was begun before 1st April 1994.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 3 of this Order brings the following provisions of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 into force on 10th November 1993—

• section 132 (partially) (management agreements with tenant management organisations),

• sections 158 to 173, 175, 181(3), 183 and 185 and Schedules 17 to 20, all of which relate to the Urban Regeneration Agency,

• section 177 and, in so far as it is not already in force, section 180 (urban development corporations),

• section 187(1) in relation to the minor and consequential amendments affecting the Urban Regeneration Agency in paragraphs 3, 6, 8 and 28 to 32 of Schedule 21, and

• section 187(2) in relation to the repeal in the Land Compensation Act 1961.

Article 4 brings into force section 121 of the Act (right to have repairs carried out) on 1st December 1993 and section 122 of the Act (right to compensation for improvements) on 1st February 1994. The commencement of those sections is subject to the transitional provisions in article 5.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)