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1986 No. 1729
LANDLORD AND TENANT
The Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 3) Order 1986
Made
2nd October 1986
Laid before Parliament
14th October 1986
Coming into Operation
4th November 1986
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. 3) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1986.
2. The bodies named 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
Richard Tracey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of the Environment
1st October 1986
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Mark Robinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Welsh Office
2nd October 1986
SCHEDULEBODIES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART II OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980
1. Battlebridge Basin Housing Association Limited.
2. C.S.M. Properties Limited.
3. Great Linford Housing Association Limited.
4. Kensington Housing Association Limited.
5. Local Housing Services Limited.
6. Mersea Housing Association Limited.
7. Nimbus Limited.
8. Unihab 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 eight bodies for the purposes of section 56.