Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 384
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing (Right to Buy)(Service Charges) (Amendment)(England) Order 2007
Made
13th February 2007
Laid before Parliament
20th February 2007
Coming into force
26th March 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 16D of Part 3 of Schedule 6 to 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)(Service Charges)(Amendment)(England) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 26 th March 2007.
(2) This Order applies in England only.
Amendment of the Housing (Right to Buy)(Service Charges) Order 1986
2. In Article 2 (interpretation) of the Housing (Right to Buy)(Service Charges) Order 1986( 2 ), for the definition of “index figure” substitute―
“ “index figure” means an index figure, other than a provisional index figure, in the table of “Output Deflators for Direct Labour: Public Housing Repairs and Maintenance” in the “Quarterly building price and cost indices: public sector construction works” published by the Department for Trade and Industry, ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
13th February 2007
1985 c.68 . Part 3 of Schedule 6 has been amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986, section 24(2), (3), Schedule 5, Part II, para 41, Schedule 12, Part I. Paragraph 16D was inserted by section 4(4) and (6) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986. The Secretary of State’s functions under paragraph 16D, 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. There are other amendments to Schedule 6 which are not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 1986/2195 .