Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1006
Housing, England
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Area and Designated Region) (England) Order 2019
Made
10th June 2019
Laid before Parliament
11th June 2019
Coming into force
10th July 2019
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 157(1)(c) and (3) of the Housing Act 1985( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Area and Designated Region) (England) Order 2019 and comes into force on 10th July 2019.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Housing Act 1985.
Designated rural area
2. In the district of Teignbridge, the parish of Abbotskerswell is designated as a rural area for the purposes of section 157 of the Act.
Designated region
3. In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in the parish of Abbotskerswell, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the County of Devon.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Kit Malthouse
Minister of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
10th June 2019
1985 c. 68 . Section 157(1) was amended by Part 4 of Schedule 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) , by paragraph 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) and by section 188 (2)(a) of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) . Section 157(3) was amended by section 126 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) . There are other amendments to section 157 which are not relevant to this Order.