1. These regulations may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986 and shall come into operation on 7th January 1987.
2. The form set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations, or a form substantially to the like effect, shall be the form of notice to be used by a secure tenant in claiming to exercise the right to buy under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985.
3. The form set out in Schedule 2 to these regulations, or a form substantially to the like effect, shall be the form of notice to be used by the landlord in admitting or denying the tenant's right to buy under section 124(1) of the Housing Act 1985.
4. The particulars to be contained in any notice, the form of which is prescribed by regulation 2 or 3 above, shall be those required by that form.
5.—(1) The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1984 are hereby revoked.
(2) Nothing in these regulations shall affect the validity of any notice served by a secure tenant under section 122(1) of the Housing Act 1985(1) before 7th March 1987 if the notice was in the form prescribed by the regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) above or in a form substantially to the like effect.