The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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.