Schedule 3A to the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (consultation before disposal to private sector landlord) is amended as follows.
After paragraph 3(3) insert—
In paragraph 5(1)—
After paragraph 5 insert—
Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply to consultations begun before the coming into force of those subsections.
For the purposes of subsection (5) a consultation has begun when a notice has been served under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3A to the Act of 1985.