The Assured Tenancies (Approved Body) (No. 1) Order 1981

Made: 7th April 1981

Laid before Parliament: 23rd April 1981

Coming into Operation: 14th May 1981

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 1981 and shall come into operation on 14th May 1981.

2

Wates 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 — 2nd April 1981

Nicholas Edwards — Secretary of State for Wales — 7th April 1981

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 Wates Limited for the purposes of section 56.