S.I. No. 297/1980:

HOUSING (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1979 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1980.

HOUSING (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1979 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1980.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 24 (3) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979), hereby orders, as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (Commencement) Order, 1980.

2. Section 23 (1) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 and the Schedule to that Act shall come into operation on the 26th day of September, 1980 for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the enactments specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

3. Sections 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 18 and 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 shall come into operation generally on the 26th day of September, 1980.

SCHEDULE

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 26th day of September, 1980.

SYLVESTER BARRETT

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order will bring into operation on 26th September, 1980, the provisions of sections 2, 4 to 12, 18 and 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 . The provisions of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1962 and of the Housing Act, 1966 are repealed to the extent specified in the Schedule to the Order.