Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

Housing, etc. E+W+S

153 Corporation as housing authority. E+W+S

(1) If the Secretary of State so provides by order, an urban development corporation shall have in its area (or in such part of its area as may be specified in the order)—

(a) the functions conferred on a local authority by [F1 the M1 Housing Act 1985 or the M2 Housing Associations Act 1985] or by the [F2 Housing Associations Act 1985 and the M3 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987]; and

(b) the functions conferred on the authority who are the relevant authority for the purposes of sections 39 to 41 of the M4 Land Compensation Act 1973 or sections 36 to 38 of the M5 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (which relate to the rehousing of displaced residential occupiers);

or such of those functions as the order may specify.

(2) On the order coming into force, the corporation shall have the functions concerned in relation to the area (or part) instead of or concurrently with any such authority, depending on the terms of the order.

(3) The order may provide that any enactment under which the corporation is to exercise functions by virtue of the order shall have effect in relation to the corporation and, where the corporation is to have any function concurrently with any other authority, in relation to that authority, as modified by the order.

(4) The order shall have effect subject to such savings and transitional and supplementary provisions as may be specified in the order.

(5) The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(6) No order under this section shall have effect until approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted (E.W.) by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 46(3)

F2 Words substituted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339, Sch. 23 para. 25(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 68 (61).

M2 1985 c. 69 (61).

M3 1987 c. 26 (61).

M4 1973 c. 26 (28:1).

M5 1973 c. 56 (28:2).

[F3 154 Rent rebates. E+W+S

(1) If the Secretary of State so provides by order, such of the provisions of [F4 Part II of the M6 Social Security Act 1986] relating to rent rebates as may be specified in the order shall have effect in relation to an urban development corporation—

(a) as if the corporation were a housing authority; and

(b) with such other modifications (if any) as may be so specified.

(2) The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words substituted by Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24, SIF 44), s. 48(5), Sch. 4 para. 36

F4 Words substituted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 86, Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 53

Marginal Citations

M6 1986 c. 50 (113:1).

155 Rent. E+W+S

(1) In section 14 of the M7 Rent Act 1977 (tenancy not protected when landlord’s interest belongs to certain bodies), there shall be inserted after paragraph (f) “or

(g) an urban development corporation within the meaning of Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;”.

(2)F5

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 155(2) repealed (S.) by Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58, SIF 39:4), s. 117(3), Sch. 10

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 24, 25(1)–(3)(5), 26(4), 27, 32, 46 61(4A), 68(2), 69(3), 92(1)—(4)(6)—(8), 112, 114, 118, 131(3), 145, 155(1), 173, 174, 175(1), 176, 180, 181(1)–(3), 183, 92(1)–(4)(6)–(8), 184(1)(2), 186, 191, 193, 194 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M7 1977 c. 42.

156 Other provisions relating to corporation as landlords. E+W+S

(1) (2)

F6 (3)

F7 (4) [F8 Part III of the M8 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987] shall have effect as if a reference to an urban development corporation were included in any reference in those provisions to a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under the M9 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968.

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 156(1)(2) repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F7 S. 156(3) repealed by Housing Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 75:3), ss. 18, 24(3), Sch. 4 para. 8, Sch. 12 Pt. I

F8 Words substituted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339, Sch. 23 para. 25(3)

Marginal Citations

M8 1987 c. 26 (61).

M9 1968 c. 16.