The Race Relations Code of Practice (Housing) (Appointed Day) Order 2006
This Order appoints 1st October 2006 as the day on which the revised Code of Practice on Racial Equality in Housing will come into effect. This revised Code replaces the two previous Codes of Practice relating to housing: (i) the Code of Practice in Rented Housing, which was brought into operation on 1st May 1991 by the Race Relations Code of Practice (Rented Housing) Order 1991 (“the Rented Housing Order”); and (ii) the Code of Practice in Non-Rented (Owner Occupied) Housing, which was brought into operation on 18th June 1992 by the Race Relations Code of Practice (Non-Rented Housing) Order 1992 (“the Non-Rented Housing Order”). The revised Code of Practice consists of three separate parts that apply to England, Scotland and Wales respectively.