
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 5and Transitional Provisions) Order 1991.
(2) In this Order“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Associations Act 1985.
2 
Subject to the saving in article 3, section 140(2) of the HousingAct 1988 shall come into force on 1st April 1991 insofar as it relatesto the repeal of the following provisions of the 1985 Act—
 section 55 (hostel deficit grant), and
 sections 56 and 57 in their application to hostel deficit grant.
3 
The repeal of sections 55 to 57 of the 1985 Act shall not apply inrelation to hostel deficit grant payable to an association for a periodwhich expires before 1st April 1991.
Michael Heseltine
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
26th March 1991