Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART XIV E+W LOANS FOR ACQUISITION OR IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING

Supplementary provisions E+W

458 Minor definitions. E+W

In this Part—

• “the corresponding Northern Ireland provisions” means—

(a) in relation to section 442 (local authority agreements to indemnify mortgagees), Article 156 of the M1 Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

(b) in relation to sections 445 to 449 (assistance for first-time buyers), Part IX of that Order;

• “the corresponding Scottish provisions”, in relation to sections 445 to 449 (assistance for first-time buyers), means [F1 sections 222 to 228 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987];

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

• [F3 “housing authority” includes any local authority, an urban development corporation, the [F4 Corporation] and a [F5 registered social landlord] ;]

• “long lease” means a lease creating a long tenancy within the meaning of section 115.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 30(3)

F2 Definition repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I

F3 In s. 458, definition of 'housing authority' inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 37; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2) (with restriction in Sch. para. 4)

F4 Word substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. II para. 106

F5 Words in the definition of “housing authority”in s. 458 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(25)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1981/156 (N.I. 3)