| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Year | 2024 |
| Citation | SI 2024/1073 |
UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
2024 No. 1073
Housing, England
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024
Made 28th October 2024
Laid before Parliament 30th October 2024
Coming into force 21th November 2024
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 131(1)(a) and (2) of the Housing Act 1985.
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024.
(2) This Order comes into force on 21st November 2024.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and applies in relation to England only.
(4) In this Order—
(a)
(a) a reference to a numbered section is to that section of the Housing Act 1985;
(b)
(b) “the commencement date” means 21st November 2024.
Maximum discounts
2.—(1) This article applies in relation to a claim to exercise the right to buy where a notice under section 122(1) was served on or after the commencement date.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), in relation to a dwelling-house in a region specified in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1, the prescribed sum is the sum specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.
(3) In relation to a dwelling-house in an area specified in Schedule 2, the prescribed sum is £16,000.
(4) In relation to a dwelling-house in the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham and Havering, the prescribed sum is £38,000.
(5) In this article, a “prescribed sum” is prescribed for the purposes of section 131(2).
Period of account
3.—(1) This article applies in relation to a claim to exercise the right to buy where a notice under section 122(1) was served on or after the commencement date.
(2) The period of time specified for the purposes of section 131(1)(a) is 30 years.
Revocations
4. The following instruments are revoked—
(a) the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) Order 2003;
(b) the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012;
(c) the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2014;
(d) the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014.
Saving provision
5. Article 4 is of no effect in relation to a claim to exercise the right to buy where a notice under section 122(1) was served before the commencement date.
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
28th October 2024
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(2)
Limits on discount by region
PART 1
Limits on discount
Column 1 Name of region | Column 2 Maximum discount |
Eastern | £34,000 |
East Midlands | £24,000 |
London | £16,000 |
North East | £22,000 |
North West | £26,000 |
South East | £38,000 |
South West | £30,000 |
West Midlands | £26,000 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | £24,000 |
In this Part, a reference to a named region is to the region of that name specified in column 1 of the table in Part 2 and has the extent specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.
PART 2
Extent of regions
Column 1 Name of region | Column 2 Extent |
Eastern | The areas of Bedford Borough Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Central Bedfordshire Council, Essex County Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Luton Borough Council, Norfolk County Council, Peterborough City Council, Southend-on-Sea City Council, Suffolk County Council and Thurrock Council |
East Midlands | The areas of Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Lincolnshire County Council, North Northamptonshire Council, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Rutland County Council and West Northamptonshire Council |
London | The City of London and the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and... |
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