The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2016

Prospective

Citation, commencement and interpretation E+W

1.  This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2016 and comes into force on 20th June 2016.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Housing Act 1985.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

Designated rural areas E+W

3.  The areas specified in the Schedule are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 157 of the Act.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

Designated regions E+W

4.  In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a rural area designated by article 3 and listed in paragraph 1 of the Schedule, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the district of Chichester.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 4 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

5.  In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a rural area designated by article 3 and listed in paragraph 2 of the Schedule, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the district of Malvern Hills.

Commencement Information

I5 Art. 5 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

6.  In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a rural area designated by article 3 and listed in paragraph 3 of the Schedule, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the area of the council of the county of Shropshire(1).

Commencement Information

I6 Art. 6 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

7.  In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a rural area designated by article 3 and listed in paragraph 4 of the Schedule, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the district of Wychavon.

Commencement Information

I7 Art. 7 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

Review E+W

8.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of articles 3 to 7, and

(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by designating rural areas and regions for the purposes of section 157 of the Act,

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and

(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess whether the designations of the rural areas and regions in question remain appropriate.

(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before 19th June 2021.

(4) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Commencement Information

I8 Art. 8 in force at 20.6.2016, see art. 1

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

16th May 2016