Statutory Instruments
LANDLORD AND TENANT
Made
28th October 1982
Laid before Parliament
9th November 1982
Coming into Operation
1st December 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. 6) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st December 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
25th October 1982
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
28th October 1982
1. Asda Property Holdings Limited.
2. Greenwood Homes Limited.
3. Longfeld Investment Company Limited.
4. The Tilt Estate Company.
5. Yelcon Limited.
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 5 bodies for the purposes of section 56.