Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 908
Housing, England
The Assured Tenancies (Amendment)(England) Order 2010
Made
22nd March 2010
Laid before Parliament
25th March 2010
Coming into force
1st October 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2A) of the Housing Act 1988( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st October 2010.
2. This Order extends to England only.
Increase in rental threshold
3. —(1)Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1( 2 ) (tenancies of dwelling-houses with high rateable values) for “£25,000” substitute “£100,000”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
John Healey
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
22nd March 2010
1988 c.50 . Subsection 2A was inserted by paragraph 27 of the References to Rating (Housing) Regulations 1990 (1990/434) . The powers conferred by section 1(2A) of the Housing Act 1988 are exercisable as respects England, by the Secretary of State. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 1(2A) were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( SI 1999/672 ). By virtue of paragraph 3(2)(i) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) the functions formerly exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.
Paragraph 2 was substituted by SI 1990/434 , and amended by SI 1993/651 .