# The Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/626 · made 5 March 1997

This Order specifies the amount of discount for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire). Tenants of registered social landlords who have a right to acquire their homes under sections 16 and 17 of the 1996 Act will be able to do so with a discount from the purchase price. The amount of the discount will vary according to the area in which the dwelling is situated.

Made under: Housing Act 1996 (Section 17)

## Introductory text

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 5th March 1997
Laid before Parliament 7th March 1997
Coming into force 1st April 1997
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(2) In this Order “area” means a “local government area” as defined by section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972.

## 2 Amounts of Discount

The following amounts of discount are specified for the purpose of section 17(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire)—
(a) £16,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;
(b) £13,500 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;
(c) £11,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 3 to this Order;
(d) £10,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 4 to this Order; and
(e) £9,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 5 to this Order.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment.
5th March 1997

## Schedule 1: DISCOUNT OF £16,000

## I GREATER LONDON

Barnet,
Brent,
Camden,
City of London,
Ealing,
Hackney,
Hammersmith & Fulham,
Haringey,
Harrow,
Hillingdon,
Hounslow,
Islington,
Kensington & Chelsea,
Kingston upon Thames,
Lambeth,
Merton,
Richmond upon Thames,
Southwark,
Tower Hamlets,
Wandsworth,
Westminster.

## II CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

The Isles of Scilly.

## Schedule 2: DISCOUNT OF £13,500

## I GREATER LONDON

Barking & Dagenham,
Bexley,
Bromley,
Croydon,
Enfield,
Greenwich,
Havering,
Lewisham,
Newham,
Redbridge,
Sutton,
Waltham Forest.

## II BERKSHIRE

Bracknell Forest,
Slough,
Windsor & Maidenhead,
Wokingham.

## III BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Chiltern,
South Buckinghamshire.

## IV CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridge.

## V ESSEX

Brentwood,
Epping Forest,
Harlow.

## VI HAMPSHIRE

Hart,
Rushmoor.

## VII HERTFORDSHIRE

Broxbourne,
Dacorum,
East Hertfordshire,
Hertsmere,
St Albans,
Stevenage,
Three Rivers,
Watford,
Welwyn Hatfield.

## VIII KENT

Sevenoaks,
Tonbridge & Malling.

## IX OXFORDSHIRE

Oxford.

## X SURREY

Elmbridge,
Epsom & Ewell,
Guildford,
Mole Valley,
Reigate & Banstead,
Runnymede,
Spelthorne,
Surrey Heath,
Tandridge,
Waverley,
Woking.

## Schedule 3: DISCOUNT OF £11,000

## I BEDFORDSHIRE

Mid Bedfordshire,
South Bedfordshire.

## II BERKSHIRE

Newbury,
Reading.

## III BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Aylesbury Vale,
Wycombe.

## IV CAMBRIDGESHIRE

South Cambridgeshire.

## V DORSET

Christchurch,
East Dorset,
Purbeck,
West Dorset,
Weymouth & Portland.

## VI EAST SUSSEX

Eastbourne,
Lewes,
Wealden.

## VII ESSEX

Basildon,
Castle Point,
Chelmsford,
Maldon,
Rochford,
Southend-on-Sea,
Thurrock,
Uttlesford.

## VIII GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Cheltenham,
Cotswold.

## IX HAMPSHIRE

Basingstoke & Deane,
East Hampshire,
New Forest,
Test Valley,
Winchester.

## X HERTFORDSHIRE

North Hertfordshire.

## XI KENT

Ashford,
Canterbury,
Dartford,
Dover,
Gravesham,
Maidstone,
Rochester upon Medway,
Tunbridge Wells.

## XII OXFORDSHIRE

South Oxfordshire,
West Oxfordshire,
Vale of White Horse.

## XIII WARWICKSHIRE

Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwick.

## XIV WEST MIDLANDS

Solihull.

## XV WEST SUSSEX

Adur,
Arun,
Chichester,
Crawley,
Horsham,
Mid Sussex,
Worthing.

## XVI WILTSHIRE

Salisbury.

## XVII OTHER AREAS

Bath & North East Somerset,
Brighton & Hove,
Luton,
Poole.

## Schedule 4: DISCOUNT OF £10,000

## I BEDFORDSHIRE

North Bedfordshire.

## II CAMBRIDGESHIRE

East Cambridgeshire,
Huntingdonshire,
Peterborough.

## III CHESHIRE

Chester,
Congleton,
Crewe & Nantwich,
Ellesmere Port and Neston,
Halton,
Macclesfield,
Vale Royal,
Warrington.

## IV CORNWALL & THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Carrick,
Penwith.

## V CUMBRIA

Allerdale,
Barrow-in-Furness,
Carlisle,
Copeland,
Eden,
South Lakeland.

## VI DERBYSHIRE

Chesterfield,
Derbyshire Dales,
High Peak,
North East Derbyshire.

## VII DEVON

East Devon,
Exeter,
Mid Devon,
North Devon,
Plymouth,
South Hams,
Teignbridge,
Torbay,
West Devon.

## VIII DORSET

North Dorset.

## IX DURHAM

Durham,
Easington.

## X EAST SUSSEX

Hastings,
Rother.

## XI ESSEX

Braintree,
Colchester,
Tendring.

## XII GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Forest of Dean,
Gloucester,
Stroud,
Tewkesbury.

## XIII GREATER MANCHESTER

Bolton,
Bury,
Manchester,
Salford,
Stockport,
Tameside,
Trafford,
Wigan.

## XIV HAMPSHIRE

Eastleigh,
Fareham,
Gosport,
Havant.

## XV HEREFORD & WORCESTER

Bromsgrove,
Hereford,
Leominster,
Malvern Hills,
Redditch,
South Herefordshire,
Worcester,
Wychavon,
Wyre Forest.

## XVI KENT

Gillingham,
Shepway,
Swale,
Thanet.

## XVII LANCASHIRE

Blackburn,
Blackpool,
Burnley,
Chorley,
Fylde,
Hyndburn,
Lancaster,
Pendle,
Preston,
Ribble Valley,
Rossendale,
South Ribble,
West Lancashire,
Wyre.

## XVIII LEICESTERSHIRE

Blaby,
Harborough,
Oadby & Wigston.

## XIX MERSEYSIDE

Knowsley,
Liverpool,
Sefton,
St Helens,
Wirral.

## XX NORFOLK

Broadland,
Norwich.

## XXI NORTH YORKSHIRE

Craven,
Hambleton,
Harrogate,
Richmondshire,
Ryedale,
Scarborough,
Selby.

## XXII NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Corby,
Daventry,
East Northamptonshire,
Kettering,
Northampton,
South Northamptonshire,
Wellingborough.

## XXIII NORTHUMBERLAND

Alnwick,
Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Blyth Valley,
Castle Morpeth,
Tynedale,
Wansbeck.

## XXIV OXFORDSHIRE

Cherwell.

## XXV SHROPSHIRE

Bridgnorth,
Oswestry,
Shrewsbury and Atcham,
South Shropshire,
The Wrekin.

## XXVI SOMERSET

Mendip,
Sedgemoor,
South Somerset,
Taunton Deane,
West Somerset.

## XXVII SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Doncaster,
Sheffield.

## XXVIII STAFFORDSHIRE

Cannock Chase,
East Staffordshire,
Lichfield,
South Staffordshire,
Stafford,
Staffordshire Moorlands,
Tamworth.

## XXIX SUFFOLK

Ipswich,
St Edmundsbury,
Suffolk Coastal.

## XXX TYNE AND WEAR

Gateshead,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
North Tyneside,
South Tyneside,
Sunderland.

## XXXI WARWICKSHIRE

North Warwickshire,
Rugby.

## XXXII WEST MIDLANDS

Birmingham,
Coventry,
Dudley,
Sandwell,
Walsall,
Wolverhampton.

## XXXIII WEST YORKSHIRE

Bradford,
Leeds,
Wakefield.

## XXXIV WILTSHIRE

Kennet,
North Wiltshire,
West Wiltshire.

## XXXV OTHER AREAS

Bristol,
Leicester,
Darlington,
East Riding of Yorkshire,
Hartlepool,
Isle of Wight,
Kingston upon Hull,
Middlesborough,
Milton Keynes,
North Somerset,
Portsmouth,
Redcar & Cleveland,
Rutland,
South Gloucestershire,
Southampton,
Stoke-on-Trent,
Thamesdown,
York.

## Schedule 5: DISCOUNT OF £9,000

## I CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Fenland.

## II CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Caradon,
Kerrier,
North Cornwall,
Restormel.

## III DERBYSHIRE

Amber Valley,
Bolsover,
Erewash,
South Derbyshire.

## IV DEVON

Torridge.

## V DURHAM

Chester-le-Street,
Derwentside,
Sedgefield,
Teesdale,
Wear Valley.

## VI GREATER MANCHESTER

Oldham,
Rochdale.

## VII LEICESTERSHIRE

Charnwood,
Hinckley and Bosworth,
Melton,
North West Leicestershire.

## VIII LINCOLNSHIRE

Boston,
East Lindsey,
Lincoln,
North Kesteven,
South Holland,
South Kesteven,
West Lindsey.

## IX NORFOLK

Breckland,
Great Yarmouth,
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk,
North Norfolk,
South Norfolk.

## X NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Ashfield,
Bassetlaw,
Broxtowe,
Gedling,
Mansfield,
Newark and Sherwood,
Nottingham,
Rushcliffe.

## XI SHROPSHIRE

North Shropshire.

## XII SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Barnsley,
Rotherham.

## XIII STAFFORDSHIRE

Newcastle-under-Lyme.

## XIV SUFFOLK

Babergh,
Forest Heath,
Mid Suffolk,
Waveney.

## XV WARWICKSHIRE

Nuneaton and Bedworth.

## XVI WEST YORKSHIRE

Calderdale,
Kirklees.

## XVII OTHER AREAS

Derby,
North Lincolnshire,
North East Lincolnshire,
Stockton-on-Tees.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the amount of discount for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire). Tenants of registered social landlords who have a right to acquire their homes under sections 16 and 17 of the 1996 Act will be able to do so with a discount from the purchase price. The amount of the discount will vary according to the area in which the dwelling is situated.

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