The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/1709
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 17th August 1992.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply in a case where a notice under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985 as it applies where the right to buy is preserved (tenant’s notice claiming to exercise the right) was served before 17th August 1992.

Section 2 Amendment

Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1985 (the qualifying period for right to buy and discount), as it applies in the circumstances described in section 171A(1) of that Act (cases in which right to buy is preserved), is amended by substituting—

(a) “qualifying person” for “secure tenant” in paragraph 5A(a) ; and

(b) “paragraph 7A” for “paragraph 7A and to” in paragraph 7(1) .

Section 3 Amendment

The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) Regulations 1989 , are amended in both paragraph 47 of Part I of Schedule 1 (modification to Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1985 where the right to buy is preserved) and Schedule 2, where it sets out the provision of paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 4 as it applies where the right to buy is preserved, by—

(a) omitting—

“the Countryside Commission for Scotland”,

“the Highlands and Islands Development Board”,

“the Nature Conservancy Council”; and

(b) inserting at the appropriate places—

“a National Health Service trust constituted under section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990” ,

“the Countryside Council for Wales”,

“Highlands and Islands Enterprise”,

“the National Rivers Authority”,

“the Nature Conservancy Council for England”,

“Scottish Natural Heritage”.