# The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order adds the English Sports Council and the United Kingdom Sports Council to the authorities and bodies prescribed by the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1992. Periods spent as a tenant of any of those authorities or bodies are relevant for the entitlement to the right to buy under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 and the calculation of discount under that right.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2651/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-buy-prescribed-persons-amendment-order-1996/note
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