Local housing authorities are no longer required to maintain a housing register and, accordingly, sections 161 to 165 of the 1996 Act (the housing register) shall cease to have effect.
After section 160 of the 1996 Act (cases where provisions about allocations do not apply) there is inserted—
Any person—
who is on a housing register immediately before commencement; or
whose application to be put on a housing register has not been determined before commencement,
shall be treated at commencement as a person who has applied to the authority concerned for an allocation of housing accommodation.
In subsection (3) "commencement" means the commencement of this section.