The Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) (Wales) Order 2006

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(a) "the Act" ("Y Ddeddf") means the Housing Act 2004;

(b) "the 1989 Act" ("Deddf 1989") means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989[3]; and

(c) "the 2002 Order" ("Gorchymyn 2002") means the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002[4].

Additional Conditions
     3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of section 80(2)(b) of the Act either the first or second condition applies—

(a) the first condition is that, either


(i) a local housing authority has declared an area as a renewal area under section 89 of the 1989 Act; or

(ii) a local housing authority has provided assistance to any person in accordance with an adopted and published policy under articles 3 and 4 of the 2002 Order in that area (power of local housing authorities to provide assistance);



(b) The second condition is that the area of their district or area in their district comprises a minimum of 25% of housing stock let by private sector landlords[5].

    (2) A local housing authority must be satisfied that either of the conditions set out under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) are met before designating an area of their district or in their district as subject to selective licensing.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[6].


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

25 October 2006

[2] For the meaning of "house" and "dwelling", see section 99 of the Act.back

[3] 1989 c.42.back

[4] See S.I. 2002/1860.back

[5] "Private sector landlord" does not include a Registered Social Landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996 (c.52).back

[6] 1998 c.38.back