Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Legislative Reform (Regulator of Social Housing) (England) Order 2018.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the date on which it was made.

(3) In this Order—

“the HCA” means the Homes and Communities Agency,

“Regulation Committee” means the Regulation Committee of the HCA, established under section 92B of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008(1), and

“the Regulator” means the Regulator of Social Housing, established by paragraph 14 of the Schedule to this Order.

(1)

Section 92B was inserted by paragraph 26 of Schedule 16 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).