Statutory Instruments
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
24th July 1989
Laid before Parliament
27th July 1989
Coming into force
17th August 1989
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 61(2) and (5) of the Housing Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Action Trust Areas (Tenant Notification) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 17th August 1989.
2. The descriptions of tenants prescribed for the purposes of section 61(2) of the Housing Act 1988 are tenants of a local housing authority whose tenancies would be secure tenancies but for the effect of—
(a)paragraphs 1 (long leases), 9 (licensed premises) or 11 (1954 Act tenancies) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985(2); or
(b)in the case of a tenant who is an employee of the local housing authority, paragraph 2(1) (premises occupied in connection with employment) of that Schedule.
Nicholas Ridley
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
24th July 1989
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 61(2) of the Housing Act 1988 requires the Secretary of State to use his best endeavours to secure that notice of any proposal he is considering to designate an area as a housing action trust area is given to all tenants of houses in the area who are secure tenants or tenants of such description as may be prescribed by regulations.
These Regulations prescribe descriptions of tenants to whom notice of a proposal should be given.
1985 c. 68; paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 was amended by section 83(6) of the Housing Act 1988.