Statutory Instruments
LANDLORD AND TENANT
Made
9th July 1981
Laid before Parliament
23rd July 1981
Coming into Operation
13th August 1981
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 56(4) and 151 of the Housing Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:-
1. This order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Body) (No. 2) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 13th August 1981.
2. Rushey Development Company Limited is hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Stanley
Minister for Housing and Construction
Department of the Environment
9th July 1981
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
9th July 1981
Section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 deals with assured tenancies. Such tenancies are subject to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) as modified by Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act if they would otherwise have been protected tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). They can only be granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the 1980 Act in respect of dwelling houses erected after the passing of that Act.
This order approves Rushey Development Company Limited for the purposes of section 56.