1985 No. 812

LANDLORD AND TENANT

The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 1) Order 1985

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

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 upon them by section 56(4) of the Housing Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

1

This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 1) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 1985.

2

The bodies set out in the Schedule to this order are hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

George YoungParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment of the Environment
Nicholas EdwardsSecretary of State for Wales

SCHEDULEBODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980

1

Asda Properties Limited.

2

Brightside Securities Limited.

3

Brookhouse Estates Limited.

4

Corlan Retirement Housing Limited.

5

Durkan Bros Limited.

6

M.F. West Properties (Tonbridge) Limited.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56), as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act, if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies or housing association tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling-houses erected after the passing of that Act.

This order approves six bodies for the purposes of section 56.