S.I. No. 540/2009 - Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2009
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd December, 2009. | ||
I, MICHAEL FINNERAN, Minister of State at the Department of theEnvironment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powersconferred on me by section 1 (4) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22 of 2009) and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2009 ), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2009. | ||
2. In this Order “Act of 2009” means the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22 of 2009). | ||
3. The 1st day of January 2010 is appointed as the day on which sections 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49 of the Act of 2009 come into operation. | ||
4. The 1st day of February 2010 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2009 come into operation: | ||
(a) section 8 and Schedule 2, insofar as they apply to the amendments set out in Part 4 of that Schedule as respects section 23 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (No. 18 of 1992); and | ||
(b) sections 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42. | ||
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GIVEN under my hand, | ||
17 December 2009. | ||
MICHAEL FINNERAN, | ||
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment,Heritage and Local Government. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
This Order brings Part 3 (Incremental Purchase Arrangements) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22 of 2009) intooperation on 1 January 2010. | ||
The Order also brings the following provisions of the 2009 Act into operation on 1 February 2010: | ||
•Part 2, Chapter 6 (Homelessness Action Plans), and | ||
•Schedule 2, Part 4, Item 5, which amends section 23 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 , specifying the classes of local authority empowered to carry out particular statutory housing functions under the Housing Acts 1996 to 2009. | ||
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (Commencement) Order 2009 ( S.I. No. 449 of 2009 ) brought the following provisions of the 2009 Act into operation on 1 December 2009, viz. | ||
•most of Part 1 (Preliminary and General), | ||
•Part 2, Chapter 1 (Housing Services), and | ||
•section 35 (Anti-social behaviour strategy). |