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The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 5) Order 1983

S.I. 1983/840 · Made 9 May 1983

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LANDLORD AND TENANT

Made 9th May 1983

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation 15th July 1983

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 sections 56(4) and 151 of the Housing Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Schedule BODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980
  4. Explanatory note

1

This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 5) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 15th July 1983.

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.

BODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980

1. Belton Estates Limited.

2. Green Shutters Farm and Estates Limited.

3. London and Mayfair Properties Limited.

4. Mayflower Manhattan 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 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 four bodies for the purposes of section 56.