
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
2 
The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 1994 are amended as follows—
(a) in the definition of contractor in regulation 2 omit “(except in regulation 11)”; and
(b) for regulation 11 substitute—“
11 
In a case where a tenant applies to his landlord before 1st April 1996 for a qualifying repair to be carried out—
(a) if, on the date the tenant applies, there is in force a contract between the landlord and a contractor—
(i) which provides for the qualifying repair to be carried out by the contractor within a period which is longer than the first prescribed period, and
(ii) which was entered into before 1st April 1994, or
(iii) which was entered into on or after that date as a result of accepting an offer by the contractor which was made in response to an invitation to submit such an offer (and the invitation was given before 1st April 1994),
the period provided for in the contract shall be substituted for the period specified in relation to the repair in column 2 of the Schedule;
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and—
(i) offers were invited before 1st April 1994 to undertake work which includes the qualifying repair,
(ii) the landlord’s bid to undertake the work provided for the qualifying repair to be carried out within a period which is longer than the first prescribed period, and
(iii) the repair is to be carried out by the landlord in accordance with that bid,
the period provided for in the bid shall be substituted for the period specified in relation to the repair in column 2 of the Schedule; and
(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply and—
(i) offers were invited before 1st April 1994 to undertake work which includes the qualifying repair,
(ii) the conditions specified, or the specification prepared, for the purposes of the invitation provided for the qualifying repair to be carried out within a period which is longer than the first prescribed period, and
(iii) the repair is to be carried out by the landlord in accordance with those conditions or that specification,
the period provided for in the conditions or specification shall be substituted for the period specified in relation to the repair in column 2 of the Schedule.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
G. S. K. Young
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
18th March 1994John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
22nd March 1994