S.I. No. 329/2002 - Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 Commencement (No. 2) Order, 2002

1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 2002.

2. The

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

except insofar as it has already been commenced and other than sections 4, 11, 17(a) 17(b), 17(e), schedule 1 and schedule 2 shall come into operation on the date of the making of this Order.

3. Section 4 of and the First Schedule to the

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

shall come into operation on the date of the making of this Order to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

Number and Year

Short Title

Extent of Repeal

No. 21 of 1966

Housing Act, 1966

Section 11(1)(a) and

(2)

No. 27 of 1979

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979

Section 3

No. 28 of 1988

Housing Act, 1988

Section 24

No. 33 of 1988

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998

Section 28

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, this 27th day of June 2002.

MARTIN CULLEN

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Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This order commences sections 1 to 10, 13 to 16, 17(d), 18 to 24, Schedule 1 to the extent set out in the Order, and Schedule 3.

Those sections not being commenced are Section 11 which relates to new house grants (and related portions of Schedule 1); Section 12 which took effect from the date of enactment of the Act; Sections 17(a) and 17(b) which extend the powers of the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) to lend for non housing related capital purposes and to lend to approved bodies (and Schedule 2); Section 17(c) which increases the borrowing limit of the HFA and which has previously been commenced by the Housing Miscellaneous Provisions (Commencement) Order, 2002, S.I. 163 of 2002.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 1

(3) of the

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

(No. 9 of 2002), hereby orders as follows:—