Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART VIII E+W AREA IMPROVEMENT

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. VIII (ss. 239–263): by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 98(1) it is provided that the provisions of Part VII of that Act shall have effect in place of Part VIII of this Act

General improvement areas E+W

255 General powers of local housing authority. E+W

(1) Where a local housing authority have declared an area to be a general improvement area, they may, for the purpose of effecting or assisting the improvement of the amenities of the area, or of the dwellings in the area, or both—

(a) carry out works on land owned by them and assist (by grants, loans or otherwise) in the carrying out of works on land not owned by them,

(b) acquire any land by agreement, and

(c) let or otherwise dispose of land for the time being owned by them;

and may be authorised by the Secretary of State to acquire compulsorily land within the general improvement area or adjoining it.

(2) The authority may not under this section—

(a) improve a dwelling which has not been acquired or provided by them in pursuance of this section, F1 . . .

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 255(2)(b) and the preceding word “or”repealed (18.7.2003) by S.I. 2002/1860, arts. 1(3), 12, 15, Sch. 4 para. 2(4), Sch. 6 (with arts. 11(2), 15(2))

F2 S. 255(3) repealed (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 53, ss. 103, 147, Sch. 1 para. 8(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I; S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3