Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1703

The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1992

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1992 No. 1703

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1992

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 130(2)(a) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Housing Act 1985^[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 17th August 1992.

    (2)  This Order shall not apply in relation to claims to exercise the right to buy, the right to a shared ownership lease or the right to acquire an additional share, where in each case the tenant's notice under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985 or, as the case may be, the notice mentioned in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 8 to that Act was served before 17th August 1992.

Revocation
    2.    The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1984^[2] and the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1989^[3] are hereby revoked.

Prescribed persons
    3.    The persons listed in the Schedule to this Order and any predecessor of any of those persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 130(2)(a) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Housing Act 1985.

Prescribed circumstances
    4.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2) below, all circumstances are prescribed for the purposes of section 130(2)(a) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Housing Act 1985.

    (2)  In relation to the Trinity House the following circumstances only are prescribed:

the interest of the landlord belongs to the Trinity House and the dwelling-house is held in connection with the functions of the Trinity House as a general light-house authority within the meaning of section 634 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894^[4].

Michael Howard

Secretary of State for the Environment

15th July 1992

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

15th July 1992

[1] 1985 c. 68. back

[2] S.I. 1984/1173, which was retained in force by section 2 of the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71). back

[3] S.I. 1989/174. back

[4] 1894 c. 60. back

Explanatory Note