S.I. No. 40/1989 - Housing Act, 1988 (Commencement) Order, 1989.


S.I. No. 40 of 1989.

HOUSING ACT, 1988 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1989.

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:

1. This order may be cited as the Housing Act, 1988 (Commencement) Order, 1989.

2. Sections 9 , 11 and 20 (1) of the Housing Act, 1988 shall come into operation generally on the 1st day of April, 1989.

3. Section 30 (1) of the Housing Act, 1988 and the Schedule to that Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1989 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.

SCHEDULE

Number and Year

(1)

Short Title

(2)

Extent of Repeal

(3)

No. 21 of 1966

Housing Act, 1966 .

Section 60.

No. 27 of 1979

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 .

Section 16.

No. 1 of 1984

Housing Act, 1984 .

The whole Act.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

10th day of March, 1989.

PADRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order, with effect from 1st April, 1989.

— brings sections 9 , 11 and 20 (1) of the Housing Act, 1988 into operation; and

— gives effect to the repeal of section 60 of the Housing Act, 1966 , section 16 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 and the Housing Act, 1984 .