Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 2552
Housing, England
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2012
Made
8th October 2012
Laid before Parliament
11th October 2012
Coming into force
5th November 2012
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 321 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008(1), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2012 and comes into force on 5th November 2012.
Consequential amendment: Part 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
2. In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972(2), for “Commission for the New Towns” substitute “Homes and Communities Agency”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Mark Prisk
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
8th October 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972 to substitute, for the reference to the Commission for the New Towns (“CNT”), a reference to the Homes and Communities Agency (“HCA”). This amendment is consequential on the coming into force of the provisions of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 relating to the abolition of the CNT and the establishment of the HCA, and is in addition to consequential amendments in that Act and in the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No 2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2831).
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
S.1.1972/853. This instrument was made under section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 c.39.