The Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997

Made: 5th March 1997

Laid before Parliament: 7th March 1997

Coming into force: 1st April 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17 of the Housing Act 1996[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

• (2) In this Order “area” means a “local government area” as defined by section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972[^f00002].

Amounts of Discount

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The following amounts of discount are specified for the purpose of section 17(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire)—

• (a) £16,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

• (b) £13,500 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;

• (c) £11,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 3 to this Order;

• (d) £10,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 4 to this Order; and

• (e) £9,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 5 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 1 — DISCOUNT OF £16,000

PART I — GREATER LONDON

• Barnet,

• Brent,

• Camden,

• City of London,

• Ealing,

• Hackney,

• Hammersmith & Fulham,

• Haringey,

• Harrow,

• Hillingdon,

• Hounslow,

• Islington,

• Kensington & Chelsea,

• Kingston upon Thames,

• Lambeth,

• Merton,

• Richmond upon Thames,

• Southwark,

• Tower Hamlets,

• Wandsworth,

• Westminster.

PART II — CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

• The Isles of Scilly.

SCHEDULE 2 — DISCOUNT OF £13,500

PART I — GREATER LONDON

• Barking & Dagenham,

• Bexley,

• Bromley,

• Croydon,

• Enfield,

• Greenwich,

• Havering,

• Lewisham,

• Newham,

• Redbridge,

• Sutton,

• Waltham Forest.

PART II — BERKSHIRE

• Bracknell Forest,

• Slough,

• Windsor & Maidenhead,

• Wokingham.

PART III — BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

• Chiltern,

• South Buckinghamshire.

PART IV — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• Cambridge.

PART V — ESSEX

• Brentwood,

• Epping Forest,

• Harlow.

PART VI — HAMPSHIRE

• Hart,

• Rushmoor.

PART VII — HERTFORDSHIRE

• Broxbourne,

• Dacorum,

• East Hertfordshire,

• Hertsmere,

• St Albans,

• Stevenage,

• Three Rivers,

• Watford,

• Welwyn Hatfield.

PART VIII — KENT

• Sevenoaks,

• Tonbridge & Malling.

PART IX — OXFORDSHIRE

• Oxford.

PART X — SURREY

• Elmbridge,

• Epsom & Ewell,

• Guildford,

• Mole Valley,

• Reigate & Banstead,

• Runnymede,

• Spelthorne,

• Surrey Heath,

• Tandridge,

• Waverley,

• Woking.

SCHEDULE 3 — DISCOUNT OF £11,000

PART I — BEDFORDSHIRE

• Mid Bedfordshire,

• South Bedfordshire.

PART II — BERKSHIRE

• Newbury,

• Reading.

PART III — BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

• Aylesbury Vale,

• Wycombe.

PART IV — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• South Cambridgeshire.

PART V — DORSET

• Christchurch,

• East Dorset,

• Purbeck,

• West Dorset,

• Weymouth & Portland.

PART VI — EAST SUSSEX

• Eastbourne,

• Lewes,

• Wealden.

PART VII — ESSEX

• Basildon,

• Castle Point,

• Chelmsford,

• Maldon,

• Rochford,

• Southend-on-Sea,

• Thurrock,

• Uttlesford.

PART VIII — GLOUCESTERSHIRE

• Cheltenham,

• Cotswold.

PART IX — HAMPSHIRE

• Basingstoke & Deane,

• East Hampshire,

• New Forest,

• Test Valley,

• Winchester.

PART X — HERTFORDSHIRE

• North Hertfordshire.

PART XI — KENT

• Ashford,

• Canterbury,

• Dartford,

• Dover,

• Gravesham,

• Maidstone,

• Rochester upon Medway,

• Tunbridge Wells.

PART XII — OXFORDSHIRE

• South Oxfordshire,

• West Oxfordshire,

• Vale of White Horse.

PART XIII — WARWICKSHIRE

• Stratford-upon-Avon,

• Warwick.

PART XIV — WEST MIDLANDS

• Solihull.

PART XV — WEST SUSSEX

• Adur,

• Arun,

• Chichester,

• Crawley,

• Horsham,

• Mid Sussex,

• Worthing.

PART XVI — WILTSHIRE

• Salisbury.

PART XVII — OTHER AREAS

• Bath & North East Somerset,

• Brighton & Hove,

• Luton,

• Poole.

SCHEDULE 4 — DISCOUNT OF £10,000

PART I — BEDFORDSHIRE

• North Bedfordshire.

PART II — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• East Cambridgeshire,

• Huntingdonshire,

• Peterborough.

PART III — CHESHIRE

• Chester,

• Congleton,

• Crewe & Nantwich,

• Ellesmere Port and Neston,

• Halton,

• Macclesfield,

• Vale Royal,

• Warrington.

PART IV — CORNWALL & THE ISLES OF SCILLY

• Carrick,

• Penwith.

PART V — CUMBRIA

• Allerdale,

• Barrow-in-Furness,

• Carlisle,

• Copeland,

• Eden,

• South Lakeland.

PART VI — DERBYSHIRE

• Chesterfield,

• Derbyshire Dales,

• High Peak,

• North East Derbyshire.

PART VII — DEVON

• East Devon,

• Exeter,

• Mid Devon,

• North Devon,

• Plymouth,

• South Hams,

• Teignbridge,

• Torbay,

• West Devon.

PART VIII — DORSET

• North Dorset.

PART IX — DURHAM

• Durham,

• Easington.

PART X — EAST SUSSEX

• Hastings,

• Rother.

PART XI — ESSEX

• Braintree,

• Colchester,

• Tendring.

PART XII — GLOUCESTERSHIRE

• Forest of Dean,

• Gloucester,

• Stroud,

• Tewkesbury.

PART XIII — GREATER MANCHESTER

• Bolton,

• Bury,

• Manchester,

• Salford,

• Stockport,

• Tameside,

• Trafford,

• Wigan.

PART XIV — HAMPSHIRE

• Eastleigh,

• Fareham,

• Gosport,

• Havant.

PART XV — HEREFORD & WORCESTER

• Bromsgrove,

• Hereford,

• Leominster,

• Malvern Hills,

• Redditch,

• South Herefordshire,

• Worcester,

• Wychavon,

• Wyre Forest.

PART XVI — KENT

• Gillingham,

• Shepway,

• Swale,

• Thanet.

PART XVII — LANCASHIRE

• Blackburn,

• Blackpool,

• Burnley,

• Chorley,

• Fylde,

• Hyndburn,

• Lancaster,

• Pendle,

• Preston,

• Ribble Valley,

• Rossendale,

• South Ribble,

• West Lancashire,

• Wyre.

PART XVIII — LEICESTERSHIRE

• Blaby,

• Harborough,

• Oadby & Wigston.

PART XIX — MERSEYSIDE

• Knowsley,

• Liverpool,

• Sefton,

• St Helens,

• Wirral.

PART XX — NORFOLK

• Broadland,

• Norwich.

PART XXI — NORTH YORKSHIRE

• Craven,

• Hambleton,

• Harrogate,

• Richmondshire,

• Ryedale,

• Scarborough,

• Selby.

PART XXII — NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

• Corby,

• Daventry,

• East Northamptonshire,

• Kettering,

• Northampton,

• South Northamptonshire,

• Wellingborough.

PART XXIII — NORTHUMBERLAND

• Alnwick,

• Berwick-upon-Tweed,

• Blyth Valley,

• Castle Morpeth,

• Tynedale,

• Wansbeck.

PART XXIV — OXFORDSHIRE

• Cherwell.

PART XXV — SHROPSHIRE

• Bridgnorth,

• Oswestry,

• Shrewsbury and Atcham,

• South Shropshire,

• The Wrekin.

PART XXVI — SOMERSET

• Mendip,

• Sedgemoor,

• South Somerset,

• Taunton Deane,

• West Somerset.

PART XXVII — SOUTH YORKSHIRE

• Doncaster,

• Sheffield.

PART XXVIII — STAFFORDSHIRE

• Cannock Chase,

• East Staffordshire,

• Lichfield,

• South Staffordshire,

• Stafford,

• Staffordshire Moorlands,

• Tamworth.

PART XXIX — SUFFOLK

• Ipswich,

• St Edmundsbury,

• Suffolk Coastal.

PART XXX — TYNE AND WEAR

• Gateshead,

• Newcastle upon Tyne,

• North Tyneside,

• South Tyneside,

• Sunderland.

PART XXXI — WARWICKSHIRE

• North Warwickshire,

• Rugby.

PART XXXII — WEST MIDLANDS

• Birmingham,

• Coventry,

• Dudley,

• Sandwell,

• Walsall,

• Wolverhampton.

PART XXXIII — WEST YORKSHIRE

• Bradford,

• Leeds,

• Wakefield.

PART XXXIV — WILTSHIRE

• Kennet,

• North Wiltshire,

• West Wiltshire.

PART XXXV — OTHER AREAS

• Bristol,

• Leicester,

• Darlington,

• East Riding of Yorkshire,

• Hartlepool,

• Isle of Wight,

• Kingston upon Hull,

• Middlesborough,

• Milton Keynes,

• North Somerset,

• Portsmouth,

• Redcar & Cleveland,

• Rutland,

• South Gloucestershire,

• Southampton,

• Stoke-on-Trent,

• Thamesdown,

• York.

SCHEDULE 5 — DISCOUNT OF £9,000

PART I — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• Fenland.

PART II — CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

• Caradon,

• Kerrier,

• North Cornwall,

• Restormel.

PART III — DERBYSHIRE

• Amber Valley,

• Bolsover,

• Erewash,

• South Derbyshire.

PART IV — DEVON

• Torridge.

PART V — DURHAM

• Chester-le-Street,

• Derwentside,

• Sedgefield,

• Teesdale,

• Wear Valley.

PART VI — GREATER MANCHESTER

• Oldham,

• Rochdale.

PART VII — LEICESTERSHIRE

• Charnwood,

• Hinckley and Bosworth,

• Melton,

• North West Leicestershire.

PART VIII — LINCOLNSHIRE

• Boston,

• East Lindsey,

• Lincoln,

• North Kesteven,

• South Holland,

• South Kesteven,

• West Lindsey.

PART IX — NORFOLK

• Breckland,

• Great Yarmouth,

• King’s Lynn and West Norfolk,

• North Norfolk,

• South Norfolk.

PART X — NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

• Ashfield,

• Bassetlaw,

• Broxtowe,

• Gedling,

• Mansfield,

• Newark and Sherwood,

• Nottingham,

• Rushcliffe.

PART XI — SHROPSHIRE

• North Shropshire.

PART XII — SOUTH YORKSHIRE

• Barnsley,

• Rotherham.

PART XIII — STAFFORDSHIRE

• Newcastle-under-Lyme.

PART XIV — SUFFOLK

• Babergh,

• Forest Heath,

• Mid Suffolk,

• Waveney.

PART XV — WARWICKSHIRE

• Nuneaton and Bedworth.

PART XVI — WEST YORKSHIRE

• Calderdale,

• Kirklees.

PART XVII — OTHER AREAS

• Derby,

• North Lincolnshire,

• North East Lincolnshire,

• Stockton-on-Tees.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Curry — Minister of State, — 5th March 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the amount of discount for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire). Tenants of registered social landlords who have a right to acquire their homes under sections 16 and 17 of the 1996 Act will be able to do so with a discount from the purchase price. The amount of the discount will vary according to the area in which the dwelling is situated.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1996 c. 52.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 19.

[^f00003]: See S.I. 1996/1875. Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock will cease to form part of Essex on 1st April 1998 and will become counties.

[^f00004]: See S.I. 1996/1876. Rochester upon Medway will cease to form part of Kent on 1st April 1998 and will become comprised in the new county of Medway Towns.

[^f00005]: All these areas are affected by structural and boundary change orders made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. See S.I. 1995/493, 1995/1770, 1995/1776, 1995/1771.

[^f00006]: See S.I. 1996/1878. Peterborough will cease to form part of Cam bridgeshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.

[^f00007]: See S.I. 1996/1863. Halton and Warrington will cease to form part of Cheshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.

[^f00008]: See S.I. 1996/1865. Plymouth and Torbay will cease to form part of Devon on 1st April 1998 and will become counties.

[^f00009]: See S.I. 1996/1867. The county of Hereford and Worcester and the districts of Hereford, Leominster, Malvern Hills and South Herefordshire will be abolished on 1st April 1998 and replaced by the new county of Worcestershire (comprising the existing districts of Bromsgrove, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon and Wyre Forest and a new district of Malvern Hills) and the new county and district of Herefordshire.

[^f00010]: See S.I. 1996/1876. Gillingham will cease to form part of Kent on 1st April 1998 and will become comprised in the new county of Medway Towns.

[^f00011]: See S.I. 1996/1868. Blackburn and Blackpool will cease to form part of Lancashire on 1st April 1998 and will become counties.

[^f00012]: See S.I. 1996/1866. The Wrekin will cease to form part of Shropshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.

[^f00013]: All these areas are affected by structural and boundary change orders made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. See S.I. 1995/493, 1996/507, 1995/1772, 1995/600, 1995/1747, 1994/1210, 1995/1769, 1995/1775, 1995/1779, 1995/1774, 1995/610.

[^f00014]: See S.I. 1996/1877. Nottingham will cease to form part of Notting hamshire on 1st April 1998 and will become a county.

[^f00015]: All these areas are affected by structural and boundary change orders made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992. See S.I. 1995/1773, 1995/600, 1995/1747.