
2015 No. 1349 (W. 130)
Housing, Wales
The Housing (Right to Buy and Right to Acquire) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015
Made 1 June 2015
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 4 June 2015
Coming into force 14 July 2015
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 131(2) of the Housing Act 1985 and now exercisable by them, and the powers conferred on them by section 17(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1996:
Title and commencement
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(1) The title of this Order is the Housing (Right to Buy and Right to Acquire) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015.
(2) This Order comes into force on 14 July 2015.
Amendment to the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) (Wales) Order 1997
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In article 3 (rate of discount) of the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) (Wales) Order 1997 for “£16,000” substitute “£8,000 (eight thousand pounds)”.
Amendment to the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Wales) Order 1999
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In article 3 (maximum discounts) of the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Wales) Order 1999 for “£16,000” substitute “£8,000 (eight thousand pounds)”.
Revocation of the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits of Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003
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The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits of Discount) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 is revoked.
Transitional provision
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This Order does not have effect in a case where a notice under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985 was served before this Order came into force.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, one of the Welsh Ministers
1 June 2015