Housing (Extension of the Right to Buy) Order 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1983/672 |
| Year | 1983 |
1983 No. 672
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Housing (Extension of the Right to Buy) Order 19833rdMay 1983
9thMay 1983
31stMay 1983
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 sections 2(5) and 151(1) of the Housing Act 1980(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—
Citation etc.
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Housing (Extension of the Right to Buy) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 31st May 1983.
(2) In this order—
"Part V" means Part V of the Housing Act 1957(b) (provision of housing accommodation by local authorities);
"the 1980 Act" means the Housing Act 1980; and
expressions used in this order which are also used in Chapter I of Part I of the 1980 Act shall have the same meanings as in that Chapter.
Extension of the right to buy
2.—(1) Nothing in section 2(4)(a) of and paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1980 Act (exclusion from the right to buy of dwelling-houses held by local authorities otherwise than under Part V) shall prevent the right to buy from arising in relation to any dwelling-house to which paragraph (2) below applies.
(2) This paragraph applies to a dwelling-house if—
(a) it is held by a local authority otherwise than under Part V; and
(b) it is not an excluded dwelling-house within the meaning of article 3 below.
Excluded dwelling-houses
3.—(1) A dwelling-house is an excluded dwelling-house for the purpose of article 2(2) (b) above if—
(a) the dwelling-house is for the time being let to a secure tenant who is an employee or former employee of a relevant authority and the dwelling-house was at any time before 3rd October 1980 let to him
(a) 1980 c.51.
(b) 1957 c.56, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
(whether or not under the same tenancy) on terms which provided for the tenancy to terminate on the tenant ceasing to be employed by that authority; or
(b) the dwelling-house is for the time being let to a secure tenant who was at any time a member of the family of a person who was an employee or former employee of a relevant authority and—
(i) the dwelling-house was at any time before 3rd October 1980 let to that person (whether or not under the same tenancy) on terms which provided for the tenancy to terminate on that person ceasing to be employed by that authority; and
(ii) the secure tenant became...
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