The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2015
Title, commencement, application and interpretation1.
(1)
The title of these Regulations is the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2015 and they come into force on 22 January 2015.
(2)
These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(3)
In these Regulations, “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Housing Act 1985.
Notice claiming to exercise the right to buy2.
Notice in reply to tenant’s right to buy claim3.
Initial notice of delay4.
Initial notice of delay - landlord’s counter notice5.
Operative notice of delay6.
A notice under section 153A(5) of the Act is one which is in the form set out in Schedule 5, or a form substantially to the like effect.
Prescribed particulars to be contained in the notices7.
The particulars to be contained in a notice prescribed by regulations 2 to 6 are those required by that form.
Revocations, savings and transitional provisions8.
(1)
The Regulations specified in Schedule 6 are revoked in relation to Wales.
(2)
Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity of any notice given before the 22 January 2015 if the notice was given in a form prescribed by any of the Regulations specified in Schedule 6, or in a form substantially to the like effect.
SCHEDULE 1FORM WRTB1F1NOTICE CLAIMING TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO BUY
SCHEDULE 2FORM WRTB2NOTICE IN REPLY TO TENANT’S RIGHT TO BUY CLAIM
SCHEDULE 3FORM WRTB3INITIAL NOTICE OF DELAY
SCHEDULE 4FORM WRTB4INITIAL NOTICE OF DELAY - LANDLORD’S COUNTER NOTICE
SCHEDULE 5FORM WRTB5OPERATIVE NOTICE OF DELAY
SCHEDULE 6REVOCATIONS
- Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 19868
- Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 19899
- Housing (Right to Buy Delay Procedure) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 198910
- Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 199211
- Housing (Right to Buy Delay Procedure) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 199312
- Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 199313
- Housing (Right to Buy Delay Procedure) (Prescribed Forms) (Welsh Forms) Regulations 199414
- Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Welsh Forms) Regulations 199415
- Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 199616
These Regulations prescribe the form of certain notices under Part 5 of the Housing Act 1985 (“the Act”) relating to the right to buy, and the particulars to be contained in those notices.
Regulation 2 and Schedule 1 prescribe the form to be used by a secure tenant claiming to exercise the right to buy in accordance with section 122 of the Act.
Regulation 3 and Schedule 2 prescribe the form to be used by the landlord who has received notice from the tenant claiming to exercise the right to buy. The notice, given under section 124 of the Act, either admits or denies the tenant’s right to buy.
Regulation 4 and Schedule 3 prescribe the form to be used by a tenant who has served the notice claiming to exercise the right to buy where there has been a delay as described in section 153A(1) of the Act.
Regulation 5 and Schedule 4 prescribe the form to be used by a landlord who has been served an initial notice of delay in the circumstances set out in section 153A(3)(b) of the Act.
Regulation 6 and Schedule 5 prescribe the form to be used by a tenant in the circumstances set out in section 153A(5) of the Act.
Regulation 7 prescribes the particulars to be contained in any of the above notices, and regulation 8 revokes the Regulations listed in Schedule 6, which these Regulations replace.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.