Correspondence

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008: commencement of Section 314 and Schedule 15

This letter informs local housing authorities in England that the government intends to commence section 314 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Housing…

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Published
5 March 2009

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Homelessness Legislation: Commencement of Section 314 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

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This letter informs local housing authorities in England that the government intends to commence section 314 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 on 2 March 2009. This will remedy the incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights of section 185(4) of the Housing Act 1996, (a provision of the homelessness legislation).

Published 5 March 2009