Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 505
Housing, England
The Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2016
Made
18th April 2016
Laid before Parliament
20th April 2016
Coming into force
1st June 2016
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87 and 100 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993( 1 ), and being satisfied that appropriate arrangements have been made for publishing the code approved by this Order, makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2016 and shall come into force on 1st June 2016.
(2) This Order applies in relation to the management of residential properties in England only.
Approval of code of practice
2. With the exception of Appendix 3, “Private Retirement Housing Code of Practice - England” (ISBN 978-0-9526691-7-3), which is to be published by the Association of Retirement Housing Managers( 2 ), is approved.
Revocation of order and withdrawal of approval
3. The Approval of Code of Management Practice (Private Retirement Housing) (England) Order 2005( 3 ) is revoked and the approval given by that Order( 4 ) is withdrawn.
Saving and transitional provision
4. Articles 2 and 3 do not apply for the purposes of section 87(7)(a) and (b) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (use of code in proceedings) in relation to an act or omission alleged to have occurred before this Order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Brandon Lewis
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
18th April 2016
1993 c. 28 ; section 87 was amended by section 150 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15) . The functions of the Secretary of State under section 87 and 100 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, S.I. 1999/672 and section 177 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. Those functions were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) .
The Association of Retirement Housing Managers, c/o EAC 3rd Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP.
“The Code of Practice for Private Retirement Housing” (ISBN 0-9526691-2-9) by the Association of Retirement Housing Managers was approved by S.I. 2005/3307 .