Title and interpretation

1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016.

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

Appointed day

2.  The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 16 March 2016-

(a)section 103 (duty to meet assessed needs);

(b)section 104 (failure to comply with duty under section 103).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

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

This Order brings into force on 16 March 2016 Part 3 of the Act insofar as it is not already in force, namely sections 103 and 104 of the Act.

Section 101 of the Act requires a local housing authority to carry out assessments of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers residing in or resorting to its area. This Order brings into force section 103, which requires a local housing authority in Wales to exercise its power under section 56 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (power of authorities to provide sites for mobile homes) so far as necessary to meet the needs identified in the local housing authority's approved assessment of accommodation needs carried out under section 101.

Section 104 gives the Welsh Ministers power to direct a local housing authority to exercise its powers under section 56 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 so far as necessary to meet the needs identified in the local housing authority's approved assessment, where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a local housing authority has failed to comply with its duty under section 103 of the Act. A local housing authority must comply with such a direction given to it.

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.