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(1)The [F1Welsh Ministers] may by order—
(a)specify the amount or rate of discount to be given on the exercise of the right conferred by section 16; and
(b)designate rural areas in relation to dwellings in which the right conferred by that section does not arise.
(2)The provisions of Part V of the Housing Act 1985 apply in relation to the right to acquire under section 16—
(a)subject to any order under subsection (1) above, and
(b)subject to such other exceptions, adaptations and other modifications as may be specified by regulations made by the [F2Welsh Ministers] .
(3)The regulations may provide—
(a)that the powers of the Secretary of State under sections 164 to 170 of that Act (powers to intervene, give directions or assist) do not apply,
(b)that paragraphs 1 and 3 (exceptions for charities and certain housing associations), and paragraph 11 (right of appeal to Secretary of State), of Schedule 5 to that Act do not apply,
(c)that the provisions of Part V of that Act relating to the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms do not apply,
(d)that the provisions of that Part relating to restrictions on disposals in National Parks, &c. do not apply, and
(e)that the provisions of that Part relating to the preserved right to buy do not apply.
Nothing in this subsection affects the generality of the power conferred by subsection (2).
(4)The specified exceptions, adaptations and other modifications shall take the form of textual amendments of the provisions of Part V of that Act as they apply in relation to the right to buy under that Part; and the first regulations, and any subsequent consolidating regulations, shall set out the provisions of Part V as they so apply.
(5)An order or regulations under this section—
(a)may make different provision for different cases or classes of case including different areas, and
(b)may contain such incidental, supplementary and transitional provisions as the [F3Welsh Ministers] considers appropriate.
(6)Before making an order which would have the effect that an area ceased to be designated under subsection (1)(b), the [F4Welsh Ministers] shall consult—
(a)the local housing authority or authorities in whose district the area or any part of it is situated or, if the order is general in its effect, local housing authorities in general, and
(b)such bodies appearing to [F5them] to be representative of registered social landlords as [F6they] [F7consider] appropriate.
(7)An order or regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either [F8the National Assembly for Wales] .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 17(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(a), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F2Words in s. 17(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(a), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F3Words in s. 17(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(a), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F4Words in s. 17(6) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(a), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F5Word in s. 17(6) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(d), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F6Word in s. 17(6) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(c), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F7Word in s. 17(6) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 62(e), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F8Words in s. 17(7) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 63, 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1: The system of "registered social landlords" under this Part is replaced (8.9.2008 for specified purposes and 1.12.2008, 16.2.2009, 1.4.2009, 7.9.2009 and 1.4.2010 for further purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), Pt. 2. This Part continues to apply in relation to Wales with certain provisions applied in relation to England and certain provisions preserved although they apply to England only, see s. 60 of the affecting Act; S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 3 (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/363, art. 2; S.I. 2009/803, art. 7; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
C2S. 17 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 184(1), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
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