The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th February 1997.

Amendment

2.  The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 1994(1) are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 3(1), after “secure tenants” insert “and introductory tenants”;

(b) in regulation 3(2)

(i) for “dwelling-houses let to secure tenants” substitute, “relevant dwelling-houses”; and

(ii) at the end add—

• “In this paragraph “a relevant dwelling-house” means a dwelling-house let to a secure tenant or to an introductory tenant.”.

(c) in regulations 5(1), 5(2)(a), 7(1) and 7(3) after “secure tenant” insert “or intro-ductory tenant”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Curry

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

14th January 1997

William Hague

Secretary of State for Wales

16th January 1997