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Section 83: Application of Parts IV and V of Housing Act 1985.

Housing Act 1988 · 1988 c. 50View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Housing Action Trust Areas

Parts IV and V of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies and the right to buy) shall be amended in accordance with this section.

In section 80(1) (which lists the landlords whose tenancies can qualify as secure tenancies), after the entry specifying a new town corporation there shall be inserted— ." a housing action trust "

In section 108 (heating charges to secure tenants), in paragraph (a) of subsection (5) (the definition of "heating authority") after the words "housing authority" there shall be inserted "or housing action trust".

In section 114 (meaning of "landlord authority" for the purposes of that Part), in each of subsections (1) and (2), after the entry specifying a development corporation, there shall be inserted— ." a housing action trust "

In section 171 (power to extend right to buy where certain bodies hold an interest in a dwelling-house), in subsection (2), after the entry specifying a new town corporation there shall be inserted— ." a housing action trust "

In each of the following provisions (all of which relate to cases where premises are or were let to a person in consequence of employment), namely—

paragraph 2(1) of Schedule I (tenancies which are not secure tenancies),
Grounds 7 and 12 of Schedule 2 (grounds for possession of dwelling-houses let under secure tenancies),
Ground 5 of Schedule 3 (grounds for withholding consent to assignment by way of exchange), and
paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 (exceptions to the right to buy),

after the entry specifying a new town corporation there shall be inserted— ." a housing action trust "

In Schedule 4 (qualifying period for right to buy and discount), inparagraph 7 (the landlord condition) after the entry specifying a new town corporation there shall be inserted— ." a housing action trust "

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