Title and interpretation

1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2016.

(2) In this Order "the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.

Appointed day

2.-(1) The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 23 November 2016.

(2) In Part 1 (Regulation of private rented housing)-

(a)section 4 (requirement for a landlord to be registered);

(b)section 5 (exceptions to the requirement for a landlord to be registered) for all remaining purposes;

(c)section 6 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out lettings activities) for all remaining purposes;

(d)section 7 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out property management activities) for all remaining purposes;

(e)section 8 (exceptions to requirements for landlords to be licensed) for all remaining purposes;

(f)section 9 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out lettings work);

(g)section 10 (meaning of lettings work) for all remaining purposes;

(h)section 11 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out property management work);

(i)section 12 (meaning of property management work) for all remaining purposes;

(j)section 13 (offence of appointing an unlicensed agent);

(k)section 28 (prosecution by a licensing authority or a local housing authority);

(l)section 29 (fixed penalty notices) for all remaining purposes;

(m)section 30 (rent stopping orders);

(n)section 31 (revocation of rent stopping orders);

(o)section 32 (rent repayment orders);

(p)section 33 (rent repayment orders: further provision);

(q)section 34 (power for Welsh Ministers to make regulations in relation to sections 32 and 33) for all remaining purposes;

(r)section 35 (offences by bodies corporate);

(s)section 40 (code of practice) for all remaining purposes;

(t)section 41 (guidance) for all remaining purposes;

(u)section 42 (directions) for all remaining purposes;

(v)section 43 (activity in contravention of this Part: effect on tenancy agreements);

(w)section 44 (restriction on terminating tenancies); and

(x)section 46 (regulations about fees) for all remaining purposes.

(3) In Part 2 of the Act (Homelessness), section 75(3) (duty to secure accommodation for applicants in priority need when the duty in section 73 ends).

(4) In Part 4 of the Act (Standards for social housing), section 129 (application of duties relating to service charges to local authority tenancies).

(5) In Part 5 of the Act (Housing finance), section 131(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) and (b) (abolition of Housing Revenue Account subsidy).

(6) In Part 6 of the Act (Allowing fully mutual housing associations to grant assured tenancies), section 138 (amendment of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the seventh commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 ("the Act").

This Order brings those provisions listed in article 2 into force on 23 November 2016.

Article 2(2) brings into force the following provisions of Part 1 of the Act: sections 4, 9, 11, 13, 28, 30 to 33, 35, 43 and 44 and the following provisions for all remaining purposes: sections 5 to 8, 10, 12, 29, 34, 40 to 42 and 46.

Paragraph (3) of article 2 brings section 75(3) of Part 2 of the Act into force. Paragraph (4) brings section 129 of Part 4 of the Act into force. Paragraph (5) brings section 131(1), (2), (3) and (4)(a) and (b) of Part 5 of the Act into force and paragraph (6) brings section 138 of Part 6 of the Act into force.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force to the extent noted below by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.

See also section 145(1) of the Act for the provisions which came into force on the day the Act received Royal Assent and section 145(2) for those provisions which came into force 2 months after the Act received Royal Assent.