
2015 No. 1320 (W. 118)
Housing, Wales
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2015
Made 20 January 2015
Coming into force 22 January 2015
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 176(1) and (5) of the Housing Act 1985 as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 and now vested in them.
Title, commencement, application and interpretation
1 

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2015 and they come into force on 22 January 2015.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(3) In these Regulations, “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Housing Act 1985.
Notice claiming to exercise the right to buy
2 
A notice under section 122(1) of the Act is one which is in the form set out in Schedule 1, or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Notice in reply to tenant’s right to buy claim
3 
A notice under section 124(1) of the Act is one which is in the form set out in Schedule 2, or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Initial notice of delay
4 
A notice under section 153A(1) of the Act is one which is in the form set out in Schedule 3, or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Initial notice of delay - landlord’s counter notice
5 
A notice under section 153A(3)(b) of the Act is one which is in the form set out in Schedule 4, or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Operative notice of delay
6 
A notice under section 153A(5) of the Act is one which is in the form set out in Schedule 5, or a form substantially to the like effect.
Prescribed particulars to be contained in the notices
7 
The particulars to be contained in a notice prescribed by regulations 2 to 6 are those required by that form.
Revocations, savings and transitional provisions
8 

(1) The Regulations specified in Schedule 6 are revoked in relation to Wales.
(2) Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity of any notice given before the 22 January 2015 if the notice was given in a form prescribed by any of the Regulations specified in Schedule 6, or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister of Communities and Tackling Poverty, one of the Welsh Ministers
20 January 2015
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
FORM WRTB1
NOTICE CLAIMING TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO BUY
Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 2
FORM WRTB2
NOTICE IN REPLY TO TENANT’S RIGHT TO BUY CLAIM
Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 3
FORM WRTB3
INITIAL NOTICE OF DELAY
Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 4
FORM WRTB4
INITIAL NOTICE OF DELAY - LANDLORD’S COUNTER NOTICE
Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 5
FORM WRTB5
OPERATIVE NOTICE OF DELAY
Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 6
REVOCATIONS
Regulation 8


 Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986
 Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1989
 Housing (Right to Buy Delay Procedure) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1989
 Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1992
 Housing (Right to Buy Delay Procedure) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1993
 Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1993
 Housing (Right to Buy Delay Procedure) (Prescribed Forms) (Welsh Forms) Regulations 1994
 Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Welsh Forms) Regulations 1994
 Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
