Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1769
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2002
Made
3rd July 2002
Laid before Parliament
16th July 2002
Coming into force
6th August 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 157(1)(c) and (3)(a) of the Housing Act 1985( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 6th August 2002.
(2) In this Order “the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985 .
Designated rural areas
2. —(1) The areas specified in the Schedule to this Order are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 157 of the 1985 Act.
Designated region
3. In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a rural area designated by article 2 of this Order, the designated region for the purposes of section 157(3) of the 1985 Act shall be the Borough of Ribble Valley.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
3rd July 2002
Article 2
SCHEDULE DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS
In the Borough of Ribble Valley, the parishes of Balderstone, Bashall Eaves, Chatburn, Clayton le Dale, Dinckley, Dutton, Gisburn, Great Mitton, Horton, Hothersall, Little Mitton, Mearley, Middop, Newsholme, Osbaldeston, Paythorne, Ramsgreave, Read, Ribchester, Rimington, Salesbury, Simonstone, Waddington, West Bradford, Wiswell, Worston.
1985 c. 68 ; section 157 was amended by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) , section 126 and Schedule 17, paragraph 106.