The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 430 (C.16)

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1989

Made

9th March 1989

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 on them by section 57(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1989.

2.  Section 8 (preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 shall come into force on 5th April 1989.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

9th March 1989

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

9th March 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 8 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 into force on 5th April 1989. Section 8 provides for the provisions of Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (the right to buy) to continue to apply where a person ceases to be a secure tenant of a dwelling-house because the landlord has disposed of an interest in that dwelling-house in certain circumstances.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order–

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
sections 1 to 4	7th January 1987	1986/2262
sections 10 to 14
sections 16 and 17
sections 19 and 20
sections 22 and 23
section 24 (partially)
Part III (ss.27 to 29)
Part VI (except for ss.40 to 43, 50 to 52 and parts of 49 and 53)
section 49 (partially)	2nd March 1987	1987/304
section 40	1st April 1987	1987/348
section 49(2) (partially)
section 9	13th May 1987	1987/754
section 24(1) (partially)	22nd September 1987	1987/1554
sections 25, 50 and 51	1st October 1987	1987/1607
section 25	2nd November 1987	1987/1759
section 41
section 49(1) (partially)
section 49(2) (partially)
section 18 (partially)	11th December 1987	1987/1939
section 24 (partially)
Part V
section 15	17th February 1988	1987/2277
section 24(1) (partially)
section 6	11th March 1988	1988/283
section 42	17th November 1988	1988/1787
section 49(2) (partially)

(1)

1986 c. 63.