2010 No. 908

Housing, England

The Assured Tenancies (Amendment)(England) Order 2010

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2A) of the Housing Act 19881, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1

This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st October 2010.

2

This Order extends to England only.

Increase in rental threshold3

1

Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

In sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 (tenancies of dwelling-houses with high rateable values) for “£25,000” substitute “£100,000”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

John HealeyMinister of StateDepartment for Communities and Local Government
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies in relation to England only, amends the amount of annual rent above which a tenancy cannot be an assured tenancy under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988. The amount is increased from £25,000 to £100,000 with effect from the date the Order comes into force.

An impact assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order. It has been deposited in the Library of each House of Parliament and is available from the Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DR or email Julia.gristwood@communities.gsi.gov.uk.