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The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/73 · Made 16 January 1997

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HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 16th January 1997

Laid before Parliament 22nd January 1997

Coming into force 12th February 1997

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 on them by section 96 of the Housing Act 1985f1 and section 135 of the Housing Act 1996f2 hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 68; section 96 was substituted by section 121 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28).

f2

1996 c. 52.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th February 1997.

2Amendment

The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 1994f1 are amended as follows—

(a)

in regulation 3(1), after “secure tenants” insert “and introductory tenants”;

(b)

in regulation 3(2)

(i)

for “dwelling-houses let to secure tenants” substitute, “relevant dwelling-houses”; and

(ii)

at the end add—

  • “In this paragraph “a relevant dwelling-house” means a dwelling-house let to a secure tenant or to an introductory tenant.”.

(c)

in regulations 5(1), 5(2)(a), 7(1) and 7(3) after “secure tenant” insert “or intro-ductory tenant”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Curry

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

14th January 1997

William Hague

Secretary of State for Wales

16th January 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply the Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 1994 to introductory tenants of such authorities.