The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2012

Made: 8th October 2012

Laid before Parliament: 11th October 2012

Coming into force: 5th November 2012

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 321 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2012 and comes into force on 5th November 2012.

Consequential amendment: Part 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

2

In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972[^f00002], for “Commission for the New Towns” substitute “Homes and Communities Agency”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Mark Prisk — Minister of State — Department for Communities and Local Government — 8th October 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972 to substitute, for the reference to the Commission for the New Towns (“CNT”), a reference to the Homes and Communities Agency (“HCA”). This amendment is consequential on the coming into force of the provisions of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 relating to the abolition of the CNT and the establishment of the HCA, and is in addition to consequential amendments in that Act and in the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No 2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2831).

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c.17

[^f00002]: S.1.1972/853. This instrument was made under section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 c.39.