Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 626

The Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1997 No. 626

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997

	Made	5th March 1997
	Laid before Parliament	7th March 1997
	Coming into force	1st April 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17 of the Housing Act 1996[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

    (2) In this Order "area" means a "local government area" as defined by section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972[2].

Amounts of Discount
    2.The following amounts of discount are specified for the purpose of section 17(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire) - 

(a) £16,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(b) £13,500 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;

(c) £11,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 3 to this Order;

(d) £10,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 4 to this Order; and

(e) £9,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 5 to this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Curry
Minister of State,

Department of the Environment.
5th March 1997

SCHEDULE 1Article 2(a)


DISCOUNT OF £16,000



PART I
GREATER LONDON
Barnet,

Brent,

Camden,

City of London,

Ealing,

Hackney,

Hammersmith & Fulham,

Haringey,

Harrow,

Hillingdon,

Hounslow,

Islington,

Kensington & Chelsea,

Kingston upon Thames,

Lambeth,

Merton,

Richmond upon Thames,

Southwark,

Tower Hamlets,

Wandsworth,

Westminster.



PART II
CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY
The Isles of Scilly.



SCHEDULE 2Article 2(b)


DISCOUNT OF £13,500



PART I
GREATER LONDON
Barking & Dagenham,

Bexley,

Bromley,

Croydon,

Enfield,

Greenwich,

Havering,

Lewisham,

Newham,

Redbridge,

Sutton,

Waltham Forest.



PART II
BERKSHIRE
Bracknell Forest,

Slough,

Windsor & Maidenhead,

Wokingham.



PART III
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Chiltern,

South Buckinghamshire.



PART IV
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Cambridge.



PART V
ESSEX
Brentwood,

Epping Forest,

Harlow.



PART VI
HAMPSHIRE
Hart,

Rushmoor.



PART VII
HERTFORDSHIRE
Broxbourne,

Dacorum,

East Hertfordshire,

Hertsmere,

St Albans,

Stevenage,

Three Rivers,

Watford,

Welwyn Hatfield.



PART VIII
KENT
Sevenoaks,

Tonbridge & Malling.



PART IX
OXFORDSHIRE
Oxford.



PART X
SURREY
Elmbridge,

Epsom & Ewell,

Guildford,

Mole Valley,

Reigate & Banstead,

Runnymede,

Spelthorne,

Surrey Heath,

Tandridge,

Waverley,

Woking.



SCHEDULE 3Article 2(c)


DISCOUNT OF £11,000



PART I
BEDFORDSHIRE
Mid Bedfordshire,

South Bedfordshire.



PART II
BERKSHIRE
Newbury,

Reading.



PART III
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Aylesbury Vale,

Wycombe.



PART IV
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
South Cambridgeshire.



PART V
DORSET
Christchurch,

East Dorset,

Purbeck,

West Dorset,

Weymouth & Portland.



PART VI
EAST SUSSEX
Eastbourne,

Lewes,

Wealden.



PART VII
ESSEX[3]
Basildon,

Castle Point,

Chelmsford,

Maldon,

Rochford,

Southend-on-Sea,

Thurrock,

Uttlesford.



PART VIII
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cheltenham,

Cotswold.



PART IX
HAMPSHIRE
Basingstoke & Deane,

East Hampshire,

New Forest,

Test Valley,

Winchester.



PART X
HERTFORDSHIRE
North Hertfordshire.



PART XI
KENT[4]
Ashford,

Canterbury,

Dartford,

Dover,

Gravesham,

Maidstone,

Rochester upon Medway,

Tunbridge Wells.



PART XII
OXFORDSHIRE
South Oxfordshire,

West Oxfordshire,

Vale of White Horse.



PART XIII
WARWICKSHIRE
Stratford-upon-Avon,

Warwick.



PART XIV
WEST MIDLANDS
Solihull.



PART XV
WEST SUSSEX
Adur,

Arun,

Chichester,

Crawley,

Horsham,

Mid Sussex,

Worthing.



PART XVI
WILTSHIRE
Salisbury.



PART XVII
OTHER AREAS[5]
Bath & North East Somerset,

Brighton & Hove,

Luton,

Poole.



SCHEDULE 4Article 2(d)


DISCOUNT OF £10,000



PART I
BEDFORDSHIRE
North Bedfordshire.



PART II
CAMBRIDGESHIRE[6]
East Cambridgeshire,

Huntingdonshire,

Peterborough.



PART III
CHESHIRE[7]
Chester,

Congleton,

Crewe & Nantwich,

Ellesmere Port and Neston,

Halton,

Macclesfield,

Vale Royal,

Warrington.



PART IV
CORNWALL & THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Carrick,

Penwith.



PART V
CUMBRIA
Allerdale,

Barrow-in-Furness,

Carlisle,

Copeland,

Eden,

South Lakeland.



PART VI
DERBYSHIRE
Chesterfield,

Derbyshire Dales,

High Peak,

North East Derbyshire.



PART VII
DEVON[8]
East Devon,

Exeter,

Mid Devon,

North Devon,

Plymouth,

South Hams,

Teignbridge,

Torbay,

West Devon.



PART VIII
DORSET
North Dorset.



PART IX
DURHAM
Durham,

Easington.



PART X
EAST SUSSEX
Hastings,

Rother.



PART XI
ESSEX
Braintree,

Colchester,

Tendring.



PART XII
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Forest of Dean,

Gloucester,

Stroud,

Tewkesbury.



PART XIII
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton,

Bury,

Manchester,

Salford,

Stockport,

Tameside,

Trafford,

Wigan.



PART XIV
HAMPSHIRE
Eastleigh,

Fareham,

Gosport,

Havant.



PART XV
HEREFORD & WORCESTER[9]
Bromsgrove,

Hereford,

Leominster,

Malvern Hills,

Redditch,

South Herefordshire,

Worcester,

Wychavon,

Wyre Forest.



PART XVI
KENT[10]
Gillingham,

Shepway,

Swale,

Thanet.



PART XVII
LANCASHIRE[11]
Blackburn,

Blackpool,

Burnley,

Chorley,

Fylde,

Hyndburn,

Lancaster,

Pendle,

Preston,

Ribble Valley,

Rossendale,

South Ribble,

West Lancashire,

Wyre.



PART XVIII
LEICESTERSHIRE
Blaby,

Harborough,

Oadby & Wigston.



PART XIX
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley,

Liverpool,

Sefton,

St Helens,

Wirral.



PART XX
NORFOLK
Broadland,

Norwich.



PART XXI
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Craven,

Hambleton,

Harrogate,

Richmondshire,

Ryedale,

Scarborough,

Selby.



PART XXII
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Corby,

Daventry,

East Northamptonshire,

Kettering,

Northampton,

South Northamptonshire,

Wellingborough.



PART XXIII
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick,

Berwick-upon-Tweed,

Blyth Valley,

Castle Morpeth,

Tynedale,

Wansbeck.



PART XXIV
OXFORDSHIRE
Cherwell.



PART XXV
SHROPSHIRE[12]
Bridgnorth,

Oswestry,

Shrewsbury and Atcham,

South Shropshire,

The Wrekin.



PART XXVI
SOMERSET
Mendip,

Sedgemoor,

South Somerset,

Taunton Deane,

West Somerset.



PART XXVII
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Doncaster,

Sheffield.



PART XXVIII
STAFFORDSHIRE
Cannock Chase,

East Staffordshire,

Lichfield,

South Staffordshire,

Stafford,

Staffordshire Moorlands,

Tamworth.



PART XXIX
SUFFOLK
Ipswich,

St Edmundsbury,

Suffolk Coastal.



PART XXX
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

North Tyneside,

South Tyneside,

Sunderland.



PART XXXI
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire,

Rugby.



PART XXXII
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham,

Coventry,

Dudley,

Sandwell,

Walsall,

Wolverhampton.



PART XXXIII
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford,

Leeds,

Wakefield.



PART XXXIV
WILTSHIRE
Kennet,

North Wiltshire,

West Wiltshire.



PART XXXV
OTHER AREAS[13]
Bristol,

Leicester,

Darlington,

East Riding of Yorkshire,

Hartlepool,

Isle of Wight,

Kingston upon Hull,

Middlesborough,

Milton Keynes,

North Somerset,

Portsmouth,

Redcar & Cleveland,

Rutland,

South Gloucestershire,

Southampton,

Stoke-on-Trent,

Thamesdown,

York.



SCHEDULE 5Article 2(e)


DISCOUNT OF £9,000



PART I
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Fenland.



PART II
CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Caradon,

Kerrier,

North Cornwall,

Restormel.



PART III
DERBYSHIRE
Amber Valley,

Bolsover,

Erewash,

South Derbyshire.



PART IV
DEVON
Torridge.



PART V
DURHAM
Chester-le-Street,

Derwentside,

Sedgefield,

Teesdale,

Wear Valley.



PART VI
GREATER MANCHESTER
Oldham,

Rochdale.



PART VII
LEICESTERSHIRE
Charnwood,

Hinckley and Bosworth,

Melton,

North West Leicestershire.



PART VIII
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston,

East Lindsey,

Lincoln,

North Kesteven,

South Holland,

South Kesteven,

West Lindsey.



PART IX
NORFOLK
Breckland,

Great Yarmouth,

King's Lynn and West Norfolk,

North Norfolk,

South Norfolk.



PART X
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE[14]
Ashfield,

Bassetlaw,

Broxtowe,

Gedling,

Mansfield,

Newark and Sherwood,

Nottingham,

Rushcliffe.



PART XI
SHROPSHIRE
North Shropshire.



PART XII
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley,

Rotherham.



PART XIII
STAFFORDSHIRE
Newcastle-under-Lyme.



PART XIV
SUFFOLK
Babergh,

Forest Heath,

Mid Suffolk,

Waveney.



PART XV
WARWICKSHIRE
Nuneaton and Bedworth.



PART XVI
WEST YORKSHIRE
Calderdale,

Kirklees.



PART XVII
OTHER AREAS[15]
Derby,

North Lincolnshire,

North East Lincolnshire,

Stockton-on-Tees.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the amount of discount for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire). Tenants of registered social landlords who have a right to acquire their homes under sections 16 and 17 of the 1996 Act will be able to do so with a discount from the purchase price. The amount of the discount will vary according to the area in which the dwelling is situated.

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Notes:

[1] 1996 c.52.back

[2] 1972 c.19.back

[3] See S.I. 1996/1875. Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock will cease to form part of Essex on 1st April 1998 and will become counties.back

[4] See S.I. 1996/1876. Rochester upon Medway will cease to form part of Kent on 1st April 1998 and will become comprised in the new county of Medway Towns.back

[5] All these areas are affected by structural and boundary change orders made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. See S.I. 1995/493, 1995/1770, 1995/1776, 1995/1771.back

[6] See S.I. 1996/1878. Peterborough will cease to form part of Cam bridgeshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.back

[7] See S.I. 1996/1863. Halton and Warrington will cease to form part of Cheshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.back

[8] See S.I. 1996/1865. Plymouth and Torbay will cease to form part of Devon on 1st April 1998 and will become counties.back

[9] See S.I. 1996/1867. The county of Hereford and Worcester and the districts of Hereford, Leominster, Malvern Hills and South Herefordshire will be abolished on 1st April 1998 and replaced by the new county of Worcestershire (comprising the existing districts of Bromsgrove, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon and Wyre Forest and a new district of Malvern Hills) and the new county and district of Herefordshire.back

[10] See S.I. 1996/1876. Gillingham will cease to form part of Kent on 1st April 1998 and will become comprised in the new county of Medway Towns.back

[11] See S.I. 1996/1868. Blackburn and Blackpool will cease to form part of Lancashire on 1st April 1998 and will become counties.back

[12] See S.I. 1996/1866. The Wrekin will cease to form part of Shropshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.back

[13] All these areas are affected by structural and boundary change orders made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. See S.I. 1995/493, 1996/507, 1995/1772, 1995/600, 1995/1747, 1994/1210, 1995/1769, 1995/1775, 1995/1779, 1995/1774, 1995/610.back

[14] See S.I. 1996/1877. Nottingham will cease to form part of Notting hamshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.back

[15] All these areas are affected by structural and boundary change orders made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. See S.I. 1995/1773, 1995/600, 1995/1747.back

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