The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/2479 · Made 26 September 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 26th September 1996
Coming into force 17th October 1996
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 156(4) of the Housing Act 1985f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order—
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1985 c. 68; section 156(4) was amended by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), Schedule 17, paragraph 106.
Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th October 1996.
2Specified Body
Leek United Home Loans Limited is hereby specified as an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156f1 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges).
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ferrers
Minister of State,
Department of Environment
24th September 1996
We consent,
Patrick McLoughlin
Bowen Wells
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
26th September 1996
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies Leek United Home Loans Limited as an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges on disposals under the right to buy). Other bodies have been specified by previous Orders. Such bodies are also approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 36 of that Act (priority of charges on voluntary disposals by local authorities) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Associations Act 1985 (priority of charbges on voluntary disposals by registered housing associations).