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The Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2016

S.I. 2016/505 · Made 18 April 2016

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Housing, England

Made 18th April 2016

Laid before Parliament 20th April 2016

Coming into force 1st June 2016

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87 and 100 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993f1, and being satisfied that appropriate arrangements have been made for publishing the code approved by this Order, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 28; section 87 was amended by section 150 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 87 and 100 were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 and section 177 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. Those functions were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Approval of code of practice
  3. 3Revocation of order and withdrawal of approval
  4. 4Saving and transitional provision
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2016 and shall come into force on 1st June 2016.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to the management of residential properties in England only.

2Approval of code of practice

With the exception of Appendix 3, “Private Retirement Housing Code of Practice - England” (ISBN 978-0-9526691-7-3), which is to be published by the Association of Retirement Housing Managersf1, is approved.

3Revocation of order and withdrawal of approval

The Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2005f1 is revoked and the approval given by that Orderf2 is withdrawn.

4Saving and transitional provision

Articles 2 and 3 do not apply for the purposes of section 87(7)(a) and (b) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (use of code in proceedings) in relation to an act or omission alleged to have occurred before this Order comes into force.

Signature

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

Brandon Lewis

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

18th April 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

By this Order the Secretary of State approves, subject to the exception mentioned below, a code of practice relating to the management of residential property by landlords and others who discharge the management function. The approved code is the “Private Retirement Housing Code of Practice – England” (ISBN 978-0-9526691-7-3) by the Association of Retirement Housing Managers (“ARHM”). Appendix 3 of that code has not been approved as it is not relevant for the purposes of section 87 of the 1993 Act.

By this Order the Secretary of State also withdraws approval for “The Code of Practice for Private Retirement Housing” (ISBN 0-9526691-2-9) by the same association which was given by the Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3307). That Order is revoked.

Failure to comply with any provision of any approved code does not of itself render any person liable to any proceedings, but in any proceedings, the codes of practice shall be admissible as evidence and any provision that appears to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings is taken into account.

The approval and withdrawal of approval provided for in this Order apply to the management of residential properties in England only. By article 4 of this Order, the “The Code of Practice for Private Retirement Housing” (ISBN 0-9526691-2-9) continues to have effect for the purposes of proceedings relating to acts or omissions that are alleged to have occurred before this Order comes into force.

No impact assessment has been prepared in relation to this Order. An electronic version of the approved code is available free of charge at www.arhm.org. A printed version is also available from ARHM at a cost of £20.