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Statutory Instruments

1986 No. 866

LANDLORD AND TENANT

The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 1) Order 1986

Made

15th May 1986

Laid before Parliament

30th May 1986

Coming into Operation

21st June 1986

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. 1) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 21st June 1986.

2.  The bodies mentioned 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

George Young

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of the Environment

12th May 1986

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

15th May 1986

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

1.  Corlan Co-operative Housing Association Limited.

2.  North British Urban Renewal Limited.

3.  The Elim Trust Corporation.

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 three bodies for the purposes of section 56.