The Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas) Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the areas specified in the Schedule as rural areas for the purposes of section 1AA(3)(a) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (additional right to enfranchise) and section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire). The right of tenants with long leases to enfranchise under section 1AA of the 1967 Act and the right of tenants of registered social landlords to acquire their homes under section 16 and 17 of the 1996 Act do not apply in respect of properties in areas which have been designated as rural areas. In the case of tenants with long leases, the additional conditions in section 1AA(3)(b) and (c) of the 1967 Act must be fulfilled before the right to enfranchise is excluded.

The parishes and areas listed in article 3 have ceased to be designated as rural areas, although in some instances they have been redesignated under the same name but by reference to a different area. The maps referred to in article 2(b), which show the areas listed in Part II of the Schedule, may be inspected during office hours at Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU.