Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1542
Housing, England
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2015
Made
16th July 2015
Laid before Parliament
20th July 2015
Coming into force
17th August 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 176(1) and (5) of the Housing Act 1985( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2015 and shall come into force on 17th August 2015.
Amendment of Regulations
2.The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986( 2 ) are amended by the substitution, for the form set out in Schedule 1, of the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Revocations and Savings
3. β(1) The following Regulations are revokedβ
(a) The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2005( 3 ),
(b) The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007( 4 ), and
(c) The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014( 5 ).
(2) Nothing in these regulations shall affect the validity of any notice served by a secure tenant under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985( 6 ) before the coming into force of these Regulations if, at the date of service of the notice, the notice was in the form then prescribed by the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986 or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Brandon Lewis
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
16th July 2015
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE Prescribed Form
Section 122(1) was amended by the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (c. 5) , section 32(2)