Housing (Wales) Measure 2011

3 Application for direction suspending the right to buy and related rights

(1) This section sets out the requirements to be met by a local housing authority’s application to the Welsh Ministers for a direction suspending the right to buy and related rights.

(2) The application must—

(a) include a draft of the direction which—

(i) clearly identifies the area to which it is to apply (whether that is the whole of the authority’s area or one or more parts of its area);

(ii) states whether or not the direction is to apply to every relevant dwelling-house within that area;

(iii) if the direction is not to apply to every relevant dwelling-house within that area, clearly describes the type or types of relevant dwelling-house to which it is to apply;

(iv) states the period for which it is to have effect (which must be no longer than five years from the date on which, if the application were granted, it would be issued);

(b) explain why the authority has concluded that the housing pressure condition exists;

(c) explain why the authority is of the opinion that the direction is an appropriate response to its having concluded that the housing pressure condition exists;

(d) explain what other action the authority proposes to take to reduce the imbalance between the demand for social housing and its supply within its area during the period for which the direction is to have effect, and

(e) describe what the authority has done to discharge its obligation to carry out a consultation exercise under section 2.