Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 368

The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) Regulations 1989

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 368

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES LONDON GOVERNMENT

The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) Regulations 1989

Made	6th March 1989

Laid before Parliament

15th March 1989

Coming into force

5th April 1989

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 171C of the Housing Act 1985^[1], section 101 of the Local Government Act 1985^[2], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:-

    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 5th April 1989.

    (2)  In these Regulations, "Part V" means Part V of the Housing Act 1985.

    2.    Where a landlord disposes of an interest in a dwelling-house in the circumstances described in section 171A(1) of the Housing Act 1985 (cases in which right to buy is preserved), Part V continues to apply subject to the exceptions, adaptations and other modifications specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

    3.    Part V as it continues to apply by virtue of regulation 2 is set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations

    4.    The Local Government Reorganisation (Preservation of Right to Buy) Order 1986^[3] shall not apply in any case where the qualifying disposal, within the meaning of article 3 of that Order, is made on or after the coming into force of these Regulations.

Nicholas Ridley Secretary of State for the Environment

6th March 1989

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

6th March 1989

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Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 68; sections 171C and 171A were inserted by section 8 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).

[2] 1985 c. 51.

[3] S.I. 1986/2092.

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