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Section 188: Short title, commencement and extent.

Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 · 1993 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: SUPPLEMENTAL

This Act may be cited as the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

This Act, except—

this section;
sections 126 and 127, 135 to 140, 149 to 151, 181(1), (2) and (4) and 186; and
the repeal in section 80(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989,

shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.

An order under subsection (2) may contain such transitional provisions and savings (whether or not involving the modification of any statutory provision) as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force by the order.

The following, namely—

Part I of this Act;
Chapter I of Part II of this Act; and
subject to subsection (6), Part III of this Act,

extend to England and Wales only.

Chapter II of Part II of this Act extends to Scotland only.

In Part III of this Act—

sections [174], 179 and 180 also extend to Scotland; ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This Part, except this section, paragraph 3 of Schedule 21 and the repeals in the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, does not extend to Northern Ireland.

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