Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985

Coal Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 (c. 59) E+W+S

2 (1) The Coal Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1(4) (cases in which NCB may make payment insteadof executing remedial works)—

(a) in paragraph (b) (dwelling-houses likely to be acquired for clearance) for “Part III of the Housing Act 1936” substitute “Part IX of the Housing Act 1985” and for “subsection (2) or (3) of section forty of the said Act of 1936” substitute “section 587 of the said Act of 1985”;

(b) in paragraph (c) (clearance orders) for “either of the said Parts III”substitute “the said Part III”;

(c) in the passage following paragraph (c) for “either of the said Part ASIII” in the first place where it occurs substitute “under Part IX of the said Act of 1985 or Part III of the said Act of 1950” and in the second place where it occurs substitute “the said Part III”;

(d) in paragraph (ii) of the proviso (consultation with relevant local authority) for “the local authority for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1936” substitute “the local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985” and after “Scotland” insert “the local authority”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (obligations of NCB as regards houses rendered uninhabitable)—

(a) in paragraph 2(1)(a)(i) (standard of alternative accommodation) for “the local authority for the purposes of Part V1 of the Housing Act 1936” substitute “the local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985” and after “or, as the case may be” insert “the local authority”;

(b) in the proviso to paragraph 5(3) (limit on rent payable) for “the local authority for the purposes of Part V of the Housing Act 1936 or” substitute “the local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985 or the local authority”.

(4) In Schedule 2 (determination of amount of depreciation), in paragraph 2(1) (determination of value of property)—

(a) in the passage following paragraph (c) for the words from “a closing order” to “1953” substitute “a closing order under section 266 of the Housing Act 1985”;

(b) in paragraph (i) of the proviso for the words from “a demolition order” to “1953” substitute “a demolition or closing order under section 266 of the Housing Act 1985”;

(c) in the same provision for “section one of the Slum Clearance Act 1956” substitute “Part I of Schedule 24 to the Housing Act 1985” and for “within the meaning of the said Act of 1956” substitute “as defined in paragraph 4(2)(a) of that Part of that Schedule”.