The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Regions) Order 1980

• Citation: S.I. 1980/1345
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Regions) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 3rd October 1980.

(2) In this order—

“ the 1949 Act ” means the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, and

“ the 1980 Act ” means the Housing Act 1980.

Section 2

In relation to a dwelling-house in England, other than one to which article 3 or 4 applies, which is situated in a National Park or an area designated under section 87 of the 1949 Act as an area of outstanding natural beauty, the designated region for the purposes of section 19 of the 1980 Act shall be the area comprising the following—

(i) that Park or that area of outstanding natural beauty, as the case may be; and

(ii) so much of the county in which the dwelling-house is situated as is not within that Park or that area.

Section 3

(1) This article applies to dwelling-houses situated in the area designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty for the purposes of the 1949 Act by the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Designation) (England) Order 1971.

(2) In relation to a dwelling-house to which this article applies, the designated region for the purposes of section 19 of the 1980 Act shall be an area comprising the following—

(a) the area designated by that Order, and

(b) so much of the county in which the dwelling-house is situated as is not within the area designated by that Order.

Section 4

(1) This article applies to dwelling-houses situated in the Isles of Scilly.

(2) In relation to a dwelling-house to which this article applies, the designated region for the purposes of section 19 of the 1980 Act shall be the area of the Isles of Scilly.