The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013

Housing Act 1985

48.  In paragraph 11 of Schedule 5(1) (exceptions to the right to buy)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (5A)(a) for “a residential property tribunal” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (5B) substitute—

“(5B) For appeals, see section 11 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (for decisions of the First-tier Tribunal) and section 65A of the Rent Act 1977 (for decisions of a rent assessment committee).”

(1)

Paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 was substituted by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 106. Sub-paragraphs (5A) and (5B) were inserted by section 181 of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34). Sub-paragraph (5B) was further amended by section 310 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) and by paragraph 176 of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307). The amendments inserting subsections (5A) and (5B) are not yet in force in Wales.