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Welsh Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 2091 (W.241) (C.83)

HOUSING, WALES

The Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No.2) Order 2012

Made

9 August 2012

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 90(2) of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011(1), make the following Order:

Title, application and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No.2) Order 2012 and it applies in relation to Wales.

(2) In this Order—

“the Measure” (“y Mesur”) means the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011; and

“the commencement date” (“y dyddiad cychwyn”) is 3 September 2012.

Commencement of Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (Suspension of the Right to Buy and Related Rights) on the commencement date

2.  Part 1 of the Measure (Suspension of the Right to Buy and Related Rights) comes into force on the commencement date.

Huw Lewis

The Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, one of the Welsh Ministers

9 August 2012

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made by the Welsh Ministers, commences Part 1 (Suspension of the Right to Buy and Related Rights) of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (“the Measure”) on 3 September 2012.

A local housing authority may apply to the Welsh Ministers under section 1 of the Measure for a direction to suspend the right to buy and related rights in its area for up to 5 years, provided it has completed a consultation exercise in accordance with section 2 of the Measure within the period of 6 months preceding the application and, in the light of that exercise, it concludes that the housing pressure condition (as set out in section 1(2) of the Measure) exists.

This is the second Commencement Order made under the Measure.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

ProvisionsDate of CommencementS.I. Number
Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011The majority of Part 2 of the Measure came into force on 18 October 2011 with the remainder on 2 December 20112011/2475 (W. 267 (C.89))

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