Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1071
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (England) Order 2004
Made
5th April 2004
Coming into force
30th April 2004
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 156(4) of the Housing Act 1985 ( 1 ) hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (England) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 30th April 2004.
(2) This Order applies in England only.
Specified Body
2. First National Home Finance Limited (Company No. 592986) is hereby specified as an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156 ( 2 ) of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges).
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
5th April 2004
1985 c. 68 ; section 156(4) was amended by paragraph 22(1)(c) of Schedule 18, and Part 13 of Schedule 19, to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) , section 140 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 16, to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) , and by S.I 2001/3649 . The Secretary of State’s functions under section 156, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ), article 2 and Schedule 1.
Section 156 was also amended by section 24(1) of, and paragraph 1(2) and (5) of Schedule 5 to, the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) , by section 120(3) and (4) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) , and by section 135 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9) .