Print this PageCommencement Order for the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
On the 1st December, 2009 the following parts of the Housing Act 2009 come into operation:
- most of Part 1 (Preliminary and General),
- all of Chapter 1 (Housing Services) of Part 2, and
- section 35 (Anti-social behaviour strategy).
Provisions being commenced in Part 1 include powers for the Minister to issue policy directions and guidelines to housing authorities. Consequential amendments being commenced include a broadening of the definition of “anti-social behaviour” in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 and amendments to the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, providing for the issue of improvement and prohibition notices to landlords of private rented accommodation for breaches of standards regulations and offences for failure to comply with such notices.
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Download a copy of the Commencement Order (S.I. no. 449 of 2009)
