The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Housing Management) (England) Order 1995

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Housing Management) (England) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 26th May 1995.

(2) In this Order—

“relevant authority” means a district council in England, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

“relevant organisation” means—

(a)

an organisation to which housing management functions have been delegated by a management agreement made under section 27 of the Housing Act 1985(1) in respect of which the Secretary of State gave his approval under that section before 1st April 1994, or

(b)

a tenant management organisation within the meaning of section 27AB(8) of that Act(2);

“work” means housing management(3).

(3) In this Order references to Bands are references to the Bands into which relevant authorities are divided by Part II of the Schedule to the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (England) Regulations 1994(4).

(1)

1985 c. 68. Section 27 was substituted by section 10 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 amended by section 129 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28). "Management agreement" is defined in section 27(2) of the 1985 Act.

(2)

Section 27AB was inserted by section 132(1) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. The relevant regulations under section 27AB are the Housing (Right to Manage) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/627).

(3)

The activity of housing management was added by S.I. 1994/1671.

(4)

S.I. 1994/2297.