1. This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1987.

2. The provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 listed below shall come into force on 11th December 1987-

• section 18 (except insofar as it gives effect to paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Act),

• section 24(3) insofar as it repeals the provisions specified in the Schedule to this Order, Part V.

SCHEDULE

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 11th December 1987 certain provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986.

In Part I (housing) of the Act the provisions brought into force are-

• section 18, which gives effect to Schedule 4 to the Act. Schedule 4 amends the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (c. 80) and the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) in relation to shared ownership leases; it also contains consequential amendments to other statutes, one of which (paragraph 10) is not brought into force by the Order;

• section 24(3) so far as it effects repeals consequent upon section 18. The repealed provisions are set out in the Schedule to the Order.

Part V (opencast coal) of the Act is also brought into force. In conjunction with Part I of Schedule 8 and Part II of Schedule 12 (which also come into effect) Part V repeals and amends certain provisions of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69). The principal effect is that the specific authorisation of the Secretary of State will no longer be necessary before the British Coal Corporation carry out particular opencast working.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order-