PART 4Social housing in England

CHAPTER 2Vacant higher value local authority housing

Payments to Secretary of State by local housing authorities

73Determinations in the first year that section 69 comes into force

If section 69 comes into force part way through a financial year, then, in relation to that financial year—

a

a determination under section 69 may be made at any time (despite section 72(1)), but

b

any reference in section 69 to housing becoming vacant during a financial year is to be read as limited to housing becoming vacant after the determination is made (or, in a case where it is varied in accordance with section 72(2), housing becoming vacant after the original determination in relation to that financial year is made).