Housing Act 1985

Introductory.

1 (1) This Schedule applies to a house comprised in a clearance area which—

(a) was purchased under section 290 (acquisition of land for clearance), by agreement or compulsorily, before 2nd December 1974, or

(b) is subject to a compulsory purchase order made under that section before that date and confirmed before 2nd March 1975.

(2) In the case of a clearance area comprising houses within sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), this Schedule also applies to houses included in it by virtue of section 293 (local housing authority’s own property).

(3) In this Schedule “land liable to be cleared”, in relation to a clearance area, means—

(a) land in the clearance area,

(b) land surrounded by or adjoining the clearance area for whose purchase a resolution under section 290(2) has been passed (whether or not it has been so purchased), and

(c) land to which the provisions of this Part relating to clearance areas apply by virtue of section 293 (local housing authority’s own property),

but does not include land subject to a clearance order made and confirmed under section 44 of the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957 before the repeal of that provision on 9th October 1979.