The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Made16th January 1997

Laid before Parliament22nd January 1997

Coming into force12th February 1997

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 96 of the Housing Act 19851 and section 135 of the Housing Act 19962 hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th February 1997.

Amendment2

The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 19943 are amended as follows—

a

in regulation 3(1), after “secure tenants” insert “and introductory tenants”;

b

in regulation 3(2)

i

for “dwelling-houses let to secure tenants” substitute, “relevant dwelling-houses”; and

ii

at the end add—

In this paragraph “a relevant dwelling-house” means a dwelling-house let to a secure tenant or to an introductory tenant.

c

in regulations 5(1), 5(2)(a), 7(1) and 7(3) after “secure tenant” insert “or intro-ductory tenant”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David CurryMinister of State,Department of the Environment14th January 1997

William HagueSecretary of State for Wales16th January 1997

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply the Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 1994 to introductory tenants of such authorities.