The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2652

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made

15th October 1996

Coming into force

12th November 1996

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 on them by section 176 of the Housing Act 1985(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations —

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 12th November 1996.

Amendment

2.  In the list of public sector landlords at the end of the form set out in Schedule 1 to the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986(2) —

(a) after “Electricity Council” insert “English Sports Council”; and

(b) after “United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority” insert “United Kingdom Sports Council”.

David Curry

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

10th October 1996

William Hague

Secretary of State for Wales

15th October 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the prescribed form of notice to be used by secure tenants to claim the right to buy under Part V of the Housing Act 1985. The form lists certain authorities and bodies; and periods spent as a tenant of any of those authorities or bodies are relevant for the entitlement to the right to buy and the calculation of discount. The Regulations add the English Sports Council and the United Kingdom Sports Council to the list.

(1)

1985 c. 68.

(2)

S.I. 1986/2194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/239 and S.I. 1992/1707.