Statutory Instruments
LANDLORD AND TENANT
Made
30th March 1983
Laid before Parliament
13th April 1983
Coming into Operation
5th May 1983
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 Bodies) (No. 4) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 5th May 1983.
2. The bodies set out in the Schedule to this order are 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
25th March 1983
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
30th March 1983
Leslie M. Barwood & Co. Limited.
Clifford Bown & Son Limited.
Escadale Properties Limited.
Park Road Properties Company Limited.
Trimscale Limited.
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 five bodies for the purposes of section 56.