Paragraph 4A of Schedule 4A to the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c.88), as inserted by section 302 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c.17), makes provision for certain shared ownership leases granted by any provider that are not excluded from the operation of Part 1 of the Act by virtue of either paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 4A (because they do not comply with the conditions set out in either of those paragraphs) will nevertheless be excluded from the operation of Part 1 if they are situated within an area that is designated as a protected area and if they satisfy all the other requirements set out in paragraph 4A. This Order designates the areas referred to in articles 2 to 9 and specified in the Schedules as protected areas for the purposes of paragraph 4A(1) of Schedule 4A to the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.

Those parishes in Schedules 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 are designated in their entirety. The parts of parishes and the unparished areas in Schedules 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 are designated by reference to maps. Prints of the maps may be inspected during normal office hours at the Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the cost of business and the voluntary sector is available at www.communities .gov.uk.