The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/498
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 27th March 2003.

Section 2 Amendment of Order

The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) Order 1998 shall be amended in accordance with the following articles.

Section 3 Maximum discounts

(1) In article 3—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1) insert “Subject to article 3A,”; and

(b) in that paragraph and paragraph (2), for “the Schedule” substitute “Schedule 1”.

(2) After article 3 insert—

(3A)

(1) In relation to a dwelling house situated in one of the areas specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2, the prescribed sum for the purposes of section 131(2) is £16,000.

(2) Area means a county or district in England, a London borough, or the City of London.

(3) The Schedule shall become Schedule 1 to the Order and after that Schedule insert—

Section 4 Application

The amendments made by article 3 above shall not have effect in a case where a notice under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985 was served before the date on which this Order came into force.