Statutory Instruments
HOUSING, WALES
Made
2 June 2011
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
6 June 2011
Coming into force
1 December 2011
1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Assured Tenancies (Amendment of Rental Threshold) (Wales) Order 2011 and it comes into force on 1 December 2011.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
2.-(1) Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1(3) for "£25,000" substitute "£100,000".
Huw Lewis
Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, one of the Welsh Ministers.
2 June 2011
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which applies in relation to Wales, amends the amount of annual rent above which a tenancy cannot be an assured tenancy under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988. The amount is increased from £25,000 to £100,000 with effect from 1 December 2011.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in relation to this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Housing Directorate, Welsh Government, Merthyr Tydfil Office, Rhydycar, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UZ.
1988 c. 50. Section 1(2A) was inserted by regulation 2 and paragraph 27 of the Schedule to the References to Rating (Housing) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/434).
The functions of the Secretary of State under section 1(2A), so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the entry for the Housing Act 1988 in Schedule 1 to that Order. By virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) those functions are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.