The Assured Tenancies (Approved Body) (No. 2) Order 1982

Made: 22nd June 1982

Laid before Parliament: 1st July 1982

Coming into Operation: 22nd July 1982

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. 2) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 22nd July 1982.

2

J & D Davies Investments Ltd. 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 — 22nd June 1982

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Wyn Roberts — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Welsh Office — 22nd June 1982

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 J & D Davies Investments Ltd. for the purposes of section 56.