# The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1985

S.I. 1985/1312 · made 9 August 1985

Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56), as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act, if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies or housing association tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling-houses erected after the passing of that Act.

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## Introductory text

LANDLORD AND TENANT
Made 9th August 1985
Laid before Parliament 28th August 1985
Coming into Operation 19th September 1985
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 upon them by section 56(4) of the Housing Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

## 1 

This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 19th September 1985.

## 2 

The bodies set out in the Schedule to this order are hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
George Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of the Environment
7th August 1985
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
9th August 1985

## Schedule: BODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980

## 1 

Acoustic Enclosures Limited.

## 2 

Asset Funding Limited.

## 3 

N. Blake Limited.

## 4 

Business Support Unit Limited.

## 5 

Coastal Counties Home Ownership Limited.

## 6 

Frogmore Estates PLC.

## 7 

Idris Davies Limited.

## 8 

Investment Properties (Luton) Limited.

## 9 

Northern Rock Housing Trust Limited.

## 10 

Park Housing Association Limited.

## 11 

Wates Built Homes (Blakes) Limited.

## 12 

Wates Built Homes Limited.

## 13 

Wates Built Retirement Homes Limited.

## 14 

Wates (Crawley) Limited.

## 15 

Wates Second Land Estates Limited.

## 16 

Wates Second Land Limited.

## 17 

Woodside Lands Estates Limited.

## 18 

Woodside Lands Limited.

## 19 

W.W.R. Housing Company Limited.

## Explanatory note

Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56), as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act, if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies or housing association tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling-houses erected after the passing of that Act.
This order approves nineteen bodies for the purposes of section 56.

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