The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1987

Made: 1st September 1987

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 57(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1987.

2

Section 24(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 insofar as it relates to paragraph 8 (grants for affording tax relief to housing associations) of Schedule 5 to that Act shall come into force on 22nd September 1987.

Signed

Nicholas Ridley — Secretary of State for the Environment — 25th August 1987

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Ian Grist — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 27th August 1987

Malcolm Rijkind — Secretary of State for Scotland — 1st September 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 22nd September 1987 paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986. This amends section 62 of the Housing Associations Act 1985(c. 69) which provides for grants for affording tax relief to housing associations whose functions consist of or include providing or maintaining accommodation for letting. The effect of the amendment is to include the grant of a shared ownership lease (or in Scotland disposal under a shared ownership agreement) within the meaning of “letting”.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1986 c. 63.