Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 784
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
Made
9th March 2007
Coming into force
3rd April 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 176(1) and (5) of the Housing Act 1985(1) makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy)(Prescribed Forms)(Amendment)(England) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2007.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to dwelling-houses in England only.
Amendment of Regulations
2. The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986(2) are amended by the substitution, for the form set out in Schedule 1, of the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
9th March 2007
regulation 2
SCHEDULEPRESCRIBED FORM
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes the form of notice to be used by a tenant claiming to exercise the right to buy his or her dwelling-house in accordance with section 122 of the Housing Act 1985. The Regulations apply in relation to houses and flats in England only.
The new form RTB1 is set out in the Schedule to these Regulations and replaces the form set out in Schedule 1 to the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986 (“the 1986 Regulations”). By virtue of regulation 2 of the 1986 Regulations, a form substantially to the same effect as that set out in the Schedule to these Regulations may be used.
References to civil partners have been included in the new form to reflect the coming into force of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
Other minor drafting changes have been made to the form, including changes to the list of public sector landlords.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
1985 c. 68. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 176 are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 1986/2194. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/2246 and S.I. 2005/2876.