Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 3242
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (England) (No.3) Order 2006
Made
5th December 2006
Coming into force
26th December 2006
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 156(4) of the Housing Act 1985( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (England) (No.3) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 26 th December 2006.
(2) This Order applies in England only.
Specified bodies
2. Beacon Homeloans Limited (Company No. 5304252) and Accord Mortgages Limited (Company No. 2139881) are specified as approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985( 2 ).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
5th December 2006
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 SI 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) .