1986 No. 1729

LANDLORD AND TENANT

The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 3) Order 1986

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 56(4) of the Housing Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

1

This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 3) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1986.

2

The bodies named in the Schedule to this order are hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Richard TraceyParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment of the Environment

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Mark RobinsonParliamentary Under Secretary of StateWelsh Office

SCHEDULEBODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980

1

Battlebridge Basin Housing Association Limited.

2

C.S.M. Properties Limited.

3

Great Linford Housing Association Limited.

4

Kensington Housing Association Limited.

5

Local Housing Services Limited.

6

Mersea Housing Association Limited.

7

Nimbus Limited.

8

Unihab Limited.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56), as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act, if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies or housing association tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling-houses erected after the passing of that Act.

This order approves eight bodies for the purposes of section 56.