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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2007 No. 1946

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Home Information Pack (Redress Scheme) (No.2) Order 2007

  Made 9th July 2007 
  Laid before Parliament 10th July 2007 
  Coming into force 1st August 2007 

The Secretary of State has approved a redress scheme pursuant to section 173 of the Housing Act 2004 [1] and makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 172 of that Act.

Citation, Commencement and Interpretation
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Home Information Pack (Redress Scheme) (No.2) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.

    (2) In this Order —

Requirement to belong to an approved redress scheme
     2. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where, on or after the commencement date, a duty arises under section 155 or 159 of the 2004 Act, subject to the Regulations, every estate agent to whom that duty applies shall be required to be a member of an approved redress scheme.

    (2) The requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply to an estate agent who does not engage in estate agency work within the meaning of section 1 of the Estate Agents Act 1979[
3].


Pat McFadden
Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

9th July 2007



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order requires estate agents in England and Wales to be members of an approved redress scheme for the purpose of dealing with complaints related to Home Information Packs. Before such an Order can be made the Secretary of State must have approved one or more redress schemes pursuant to section 173 of the Housing Act 2004, and details of every approved scheme are available on the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website.

The requirement to belong to an approved redress scheme applies –

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared in respect of this Order as the impact assessment has been reflected in the Regulatory Impact Assessment made in respect of the Home Information Pack (No.2) Regulations 2007, a copy of which can be obtained from the Department for Communities and Local Government or from its website at www.communities.gov.uk.


Notes:

[1] 2004 c.34.back

[2] S.I. 2007/1667[a].back

[3] 1979 c.38.back


[a] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 1, footnote (b) should read: "S.I. 2007/1667.". back




ISBN 978 0 11 077816 7


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 16 July 2007


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