Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1554 (C.47)

The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 1554 (C.47)

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES HOUSING, SCOTLAND

The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1987

Made	1st September 1987

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 57(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986^[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1987.

    2.    Section 24(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 insofar as it relates to paragraph 8 (grants for affording tax relief to housing associations) of Schedule 5 to that Act shall come into force on 22nd September 1987.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

25th August 1987
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Ian Grist

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

27th August 1987

Malcolm Rijkind

Secretary of State for Scotland

1st September 1987

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 22nd September 1987 paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986. This amends section 62 of the Housing Associations Act 1985(c. 69) which provides for grants for affording tax relief to housing associations whose functions consist of or include providing or maintaining accommodation for letting. The effect of the amendment is to include the grant of a shared ownership lease (or in Scotland disposal under a shared ownership agreement) within the meaning of "letting".

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NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order —

Provision	Date of commencement	S.I. No.
ss. 1 to 4	7th January 1987	1986/2262
ss. 10 to 14
ss.16 and 17
ss. 19 and 20
ss.22 and 23
ss. 24 (partially)
Part III (ss. 27 to 29)
Part VI (partially)
s.49 (partially)	2nd March 1987	1987/304
s.40	1st April 1987	1987/348
s.49 (partially)
s. 9	13th May 1987	1987/754

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ISBN 0 11 077554 6

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Notes:

[1] 1986 c. 63.

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