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1985 No. 812
LANDLORD AND TENANT
The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 1) Order 1985
Made
21st May 1985
Laid before Parliament
5th June 1985
Coming into Operation
2nd July 1985
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 section 56(4) 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. 1) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 1985.
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
George Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of the Environment
20th May 1985
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
21st May 1985
SCHEDULEBODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980
1. Asda Properties Limited.
2. Brightside Securities Limited.
3. Brookhouse Estates Limited.
4. Corlan Retirement Housing Limited.
5. Durkan Bros Limited.
6. M.F. West Properties (Tonbridge) Limited.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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 or housing association 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 six bodies for the purposes of section 56.