1990 No. 447
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1990

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of their powers under sections 294(3), 330(3), 332(1)(a) and 614 of the Housing Act 1985,1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Citation commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Housing Act 1985.

Prescribed Forms2.

(1)

The forms set out in the Schedule, or forms substantially to the like effect, shall be the forms to be used for the following purposes of the Act—

(a)

Form 1 for the order under section 294 (extinguishment of public rights of way over land acquired)2;

(b)

Form 3 for the licence of a local housing authority under section 330 (overcrowding);

(c)

Form 4 for the information to be contained in rent books under section 332 (provisions regarding overcrowding).

Manner of publishing right of way extinguishment order3.

The local housing authority shall on the same date

(a)

publish in one or more local newspapers circulating in their district a notice in the form set out in the Schedule as Form 2, or in a form substantially to the like effect, and

(b)

cause a copy of the same notice to be displayed in a prominent position at each end of the public right of way to which the order relates.

Revocation and amendment4.

(1)

The Housing Act (Overcrowding and Miscellaneous Forms) Regulations 19373, the Housing Act (Form of Charging Order) Regulations 19394,the Housing (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 19745, the Housing (Prescribed Forms)(Amendment) Regulations 19756, the Housing (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 19817 and the Housing (Prescribed Forms) (Repair Notices etc.) Regulations 19888 are hereby revoked.

(2)

The Housing Act (Extinguishment of Public Right of Way) Regulations 19379 shall not have effect in relation to an order made under section 294 of the Act on or after the coming into force of these Regulations.

(3)

The Housing (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 197210 shall be amended by the omission of Forms 1 to 42 and 47 to 70 from Schedule 2 to those Regulations and the omission of references to those Forms from the list in Schedule 1 to those Regulations.
Chris Patten
Secretary of State for the Environment

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Ian Grist
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

SCHEDULE

Regulations 2 and 3

FORM 1HOUSING ACT 1985

FORM 2HOUSING ACT 1985

FORM 3HOUSING ACT 1985

FORM 4HOUSING ACT 1985

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 prescribes new forms for use by local housing authorities for the purposes of an order extinguishing a public right of way under section 294 of the Housing Act 1985 and for the purposes of Part X (overcrowding) of that Act.

Regulation 3 prescribes the manner of publishing an order under section 294.

Regulation 4 revokes or amends all the Regulations which prescribe forms for the purposes of the Housing Act 1985.

The revocation of the Housing Act (Extinguishment of Public Right of Way) Regulations 1937 does not have effect in relation to an order made under section 294 before 1st April 1990.