The Housing (Right of First Refusal) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2680 (W.186)

HOUSING, WALES

The Housing (Right of First Refusal) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Made

27 September 2005

Coming into force

28 September 2005

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by sections 36A, 156A and 171C of the Housing Act 1985(1), and sections 12A and 17(2) to (5) of the Housing Act 1996(2) which are now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in relation to Wales:

(1)

1985 c. 68. Section 36A was inserted by section 197 of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) and section 156A was inserted by section 188 of that Act. Section 171C was inserted by section 8(1), (3) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) and was amended by section 127(2), (3) of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), and by paragraph 19 of Schedule 21 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), and partly repealed by Schedule 22 to the 1993 Act. The Secretary of State’s functions under section 171C, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1. The Secretary of State’s functions under sections 36A and 156A are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales in relation to Wales by virtue of section 267 of the Housing Act 2004 and S.I. 1999/672.

(2)

1996 c. 52. Section 12A was inserted by section 200 of the Housing Act 2004. The Secretary of State’s functions under section 17(2)-(5), so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1. The Secretary of State’s functions under section 12A are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to Wales, by virtue of section 267 of the Housing Act 2004 and S.I. 1999/672.