This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2014/1378 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

2014 No. 1865

Housing, England

The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government makes the following Order in exercise of powers conferred by section 131 of the Housing Act 19851:

Citation, commencement and application1

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014 and shall come into force on 20th July 2014.

2

This Order applies in relation to England only2.

Amendment2

For article 4 of the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 20143, substitute—

4

Subject to article 3(2)—

a

article 3 of the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012; and

b

the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2013

are revoked.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon LewisMinister of StateDepartment for Communities and Local Government
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 amends the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1378) (“the 2014 Order”) which revoked the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/734) (“the 2012 Order”) in error. Article 2 rectifies this error by amending the 2014 Order to provide for revocation of only article 3 of the 2012 Order.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.