Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 179

The Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1990

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1990 No. 179

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1990

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 section 171 of the Housing Act 1985^[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order-

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the 1st March 1990.

    2.    Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy) as it applies in the circumstances described in article 3 of the Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1987^[2] (cases in which right to buy is extended) has effect with the further modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.

    3.—(1)  The modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order do not apply in a case where the tenant's notice claiming to exercise the right to buy was served before this Order comes into force.

    (2)  For the purposes of paragraph (1), no account shall be taken of any steps taken under section 177 of the Housing Act 1985 (errors and omissions in notices).

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

7th February 1990
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Ian Grist

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

7th February 1990

[1] 1985 c. 68. back

[2] S.I. 1987/1732. back

Explanatory Note