
1 
This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 11th February 1999.
2 
In this Order a reference to a numbered section is to the section of the Housing Act 1985 bearing that number.
3 

(1) In relation to a dwelling-house in a region specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this order, the sum specified in column 2 of that Schedule is the prescribed sum for the purposes of section 131(2) (maximum sum by which the price payable for a dwelling-house on a conveyance or grant under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 may be reduced by discount in accordance with section 129).
(2) A region specified in column 1 of the Schedule is the region of that name specified in Schedule 1 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.
4 
The period of time for the purposes of section 131(1)(a) shall be ten years (instead of the period of eight years).
5 
This Order shall not have effect in a case where a notice under section 122(1) was served before this Order came into force and the Order mentioned in article 6 below shall continue to apply in that case.
6 
Subject to article 5, the Housing (Right to Buy) (Maximum Discount) Order 1989 is revoked so far as it relates to dwelling-houses in England.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd December 1998
SCHEDULE


Column 1 Column 2
Name of region Maximum discount
East Midlands £24,000
Eastern £34,000
London £38,000
North East £22,000
North West £26,000
South East £38,000
South West £30,000
West Midlands £26,000
Yorkshire and the Humber £24,000