S.I. No. 507/2013 - Housing (Sale of Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th December, 2013.

I, JAN O’SULLIVAN, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by sections 5 and 90 (7) of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966), as adapted by the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 193 of 2011 ), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment, Community and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2012 ( S.I. No. 148 of 2012 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These regulations may be cited as the Housing (Sale of Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

2. The Housing (Sale of Houses) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 420 of 2012 ) are amended in Regulation 4 by substituting “30 June 2014” for “31 December 2013”.

GIVEN under my hand,

19 December 2013.

JAN O’SULLIVAN,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations amend the Housing (Sale of Houses) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 420 of 2012 ) by substituting 30 June 2014 for 31 December 2013 as the end date for purchase schemes adopted by housing authorities under the 1995 tenant purchase scheme for local authority houses. This amendment has the effect of giving housing authorities a further 6 months in which to finalise sales to tenants under the 1995 scheme, which closed for applications on 31 December 2012.