Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

124 Existing rights with respect to disposals by housing action trusts. E+W

(1) In subsection (2)(b) of section 79 of the M1 Housing Act 1988 (disposals by housing action trusts), the words “in accordance with section 84 below” shall be omitted.

(2) For subsection (1) of section 84 of that Act (provisions applicable to disposals of dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1) The provisions of this section apply in any case where—

(a) a housing action trust proposes to make a disposal of one or more houses let on secure tenancies which would result in a person who, before the disposal, is a secure tenant of the trust becoming, after the disposal, the tenant of another person, and

(b) that other person is not a local housing authority or other local authority.”

(3) In subsection (7) of that section—

(a) after the words “a disposal to which this section applies,” there shall be inserted the words “ or a disposal which would be such a disposal if subsection (1)(b) above were omitted, ”; and

(b) after the words “such further consultation” there shall be inserted the words “ or, as the case may be, such consultation ”.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 124(4)-(6) repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 227, Sch. 19 Pt.IX; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3(b) (with transitional savings in art. 3, Sch. para. 12)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 124 wholly in force at 11.10.1993 (subject to the transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 1 to 1993/2134) see s. 188(2) and S.I. 1993/2134, art. 4(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c. 50.