Statutory Instruments
LANDLORD AND TENANT
Made
16th December 1987
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 on them by section 62(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987.
2. The following provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 shall come into force on 1st February 1988:—
(a)Part I (tenants' right of first refusal);
(b)Section 45 (extension of permissible objects of registered housing associations as regards the management of leasehold property);
(c)Part VI (information to be furnished to tenants);
(d)Sections 52 to 60 (general) insofar as they relate to the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) above;
(e)Section 61(1) (consequential amendments) insofar as it gives effect to paragraphs 3(b) and 7 of Schedule 4;
(f)Section 62 (short title, commencement and extent).
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
14th December 1987
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
16th December 1987
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st February 1988, the following provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, together with associated amendments—
Part I, which concerns the right for tenants of flats to have the first refusal on the disposal of their landlord’s interest;
Section 45, which concerns the management of leasehold property by registered housing associations;
Part VI which concerns the information to be given to residential tenants about their landlords;
Part VII (partially) which contains general and supplementary provisions.