The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 5) Order 1982

Statutory Instruments

1982 No. 1481

LANDLORD AND TENANT

The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 5) Order 1982

Made

15th October 1982

Laid before Parliament

29th October 1982

Coming into Operation

22nd November 1982

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 56(4) and 151 of the Housing Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

1.  This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 5) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 22nd November 1982.

2.  The bodies set out in the Schedule to this order are hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

John Stanley

Minister for Housing and Construction

Department of the Environment

8th October 1982

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

15th October 1982

SCHEDULEBODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980

  • Albert Brothers Limited.

  • J. S. Bloor Limited.

  • Poco Properties Limited.

  • A. H. Wilson Group Limited.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling-houses erected after the passing of that Act.

This order approves four bodies for the purposes of section 56.