Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

129 Management agreements. E+W

(1) At the end of subsection (3) of section 27 of the 1985 Act (management agreements), there shall be inserted the words “ and shall contain such provisions as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State ”.

(2) For subsection (5) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(5) The Secretary of State’s approval may be given—

(a) either generally to all local housing authorities or to a particular authority or description of authority, and

(b) either in relation to a particular case or in relation to a particular description of case,

and may be given unconditionally or subject to conditions.”

(3) For subsection (6) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(6) References in this section to the management functions of a local housing authority in relation to houses or land—

(a) do not include such functions as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, but

(b) subject to that, include functions conferred by any statutory provision and the powers and duties of the authority as holder of an estate or interest in the houses or land in question.

(7) Regulations under this section—

(a) may make different provision with respect to different cases or descriptions of case, including different provision for different areas,

(b) may contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient, and

(c) shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”