Commencement Order (Scotland)

Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 894 (C. 20) (S.47)

The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1998 No. 894 (C. 20) (S.47)
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998

Made

19th March 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 150(3) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and extent
     1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998.

    (2) This Order shall extend only to Scotland.

Commencement
     2. Sections 104 to 117 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (in so far as they are not already in force) shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

Calum MacDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
19th March 1998

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in Scotland on 1st May 1998 the provisions of Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (construction contracts).

The provisions of Part II enabling the Secretary of State or the Lord Advocate to make orders or regulations (among other matters) were brought into force on 11th September 1996 by the earlier Commencement No. 1 Order.