Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2769
Housing, England
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Service Charges) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010
Made
17th November 2010
Laid before Parliament
24th November 2010
Coming into force
29th December 2010
The Secretary of State, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 16D of Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the Housing Act 1985( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Service Charges) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 and comes into force on 29th December 2010.
(2) This Order applies to England only.
Amendment
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 “ BIS Output Price Index for Direct Labour: Public Housing Repairs and Maintenance” in the “BIS Output Price Indices” published quarterly in “BCIS Online” by the “Building Cost Information Service of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Grant Shapps
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
17th November 2010
1985 c.68 . Paragraphs 16B, 16C and 16D were inserted by section 4(4) and (6) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63) . There are other amendments to Schedule 6 which are not relevant to this Order. 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. Under paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) , functions formerly exercised by the National Assembly for Wales are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.
S.I. 1986/2195 . Article 2 was previously amended by article 2 of S.I.2008/533 .