The Assured Tenancies (Approved Body) (No. 1) Order 1980

Made: 5th November 1980

Laid before Parliament: 13th November 1980

Coming into Operation: 4th December 1980

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 upon them by sections 56(4) and 151 of the Housing Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

1

This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Body) (No. 1) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 4th December 1980.

2

The Abbey Housing Association Limited is hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Stanley — Minister for Housing and Construction — Department of the Environment — 3rd November 1980

Nicholas Edwards — Secretary of State for Wales — 5th November 1980

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c.42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling houses erected after the passing of that Act.

This order approves the Abbey Housing Association Limited for the purposes of section 56.