The Housing (Right to Buy and Right to Acquire) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2015/1349 (W130) |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 1349 (W. 130)
HOUSING, WALES
The Housing (Right to Buy and Right to Acquire) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015
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14July2015
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 131(2) of the Housing Act 1985( 1) and now exercisable by them( 2), and the powers conferred on them by section 17(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1996( 3):
Title and commencement
1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Housing (Right to Buy and Right to Acquire) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015.
(2) This Order comes into force on 14 July 2015.
Amendment to the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) (Wales) Order 1997
2. In article 3 (rate of discount) of the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) (Wales) Order 1997( 4) for "£16,000" substitute "£8,000 (eight thousand pounds)".
Amendment to the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Wales) Order 1999
3. In article 3 (maximum discounts) of the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Wales) Order 1999( 5) for "£16,000" substitute "£8,000 (eight thousand pounds)".
Revocation of the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits of Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003
4. The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits of Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003( 6) is revoked.
Transitional provision
5. This Order does not have effect in a case where a notice under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985( 7) was served before this Order came into force.
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Lesley Griffiths Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, one of the Welsh Ministers |
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1 June 2015 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the existing maximum rates of discount available in relation to the exercise of the right to buy under Part 5 of the Housing Act 1985 ("the 1985 Act") and the right to acquire under section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act").
Part 5 of the 1985 Act has been applied with modifications by the Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1993 ( S.I. 1993/2240), the Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. 1993/2241) and the Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. 1997/619).
Section 16 of the 1996 Act sets out the conditions in which a tenant of a registered social landlord will have the right to acquire a dwelling. Section 17 of the 1996 Act allows the Welsh Ministers to specify the discounts applicable in relation to...
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