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S.I. No. 199/1988 - Housing Act, 1988 (Commencement) Order, 1988
Statutory Text (2 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the
Housing Act, 1988
(Commencement) Order, 1988.
2.
Section 30
(1) of the
Housing Act, 1988
a nd the Schedule to that Act shall come into operation on the 19th day of August, 1988 for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the enactments specified in Column (2) of the Schedule to this Order to the extent specified in Column (3) of that Schedule.
3.
Sections 1
,
6
,
13
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
(2),
20
(3),
20
(4),
21
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
27
,
28
,
30
(2) and
31
of the
Housing Act, 1988
shall come into operation generally on the 19th day of August, 1988.
SCHEDULE
Number and year
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
(1)
(2)
(3)
No. 24 of 1936
Labourers Act, 1936
Section 20.
No. 21 of 1966
Housing Act, 1966
Sections 53, 54, 55 and 102 (3).
No. 16 of 1969
Housing Act, 1969
The whole Act.
No. 27 of 1979
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979
Section 6 (8).
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment
this 10th day of August, 1988.
PADRAIG FLYNN,
Minister for the Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This order brings into operation with effect from 19th August, 1988 the provisions of
sections 1
,
6
,
13
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
(2),
20
(3),
20
(4),
21
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
27
,
28
,
30
and
31
of the
Housing Act, 1988
. A number of provisions of the Labourer's Act, 1936, the
Housing Act, 1966
and the
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979
are repealed to the extent specified in the schedule. In addition,
Section 13
of the
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979
is repealed by virtue of the commencement of Section 23. Section 23 also provides for transitional arrangements consequent on the repeal of Section 13 of the 1979 Act.
Section 12
of the
Housing Act, 1988
is deemed to have come into operation on 2nd October, 1984 by virtue of subsection (7) of that Section.
The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by
section 31
(9) of the
Housing Act, 1988
(No. 28 of 1988), hereby orders as follows:—