The Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1989

3.  The repeal and amendment of provisions of the 1985 Act shall be subject to the following provisions:

(a) the repeal of section 52 (circumstances in which grant may be reduced, suspended or reclaimed) and of section 16 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (which amends that section) shall not apply where section 52 would otherwise apply by virtue of events described in subsection (1) of that section occurring before 1st April 1989 (and in relation to sub-section (1)(b) the event in question is the land ceasing to be used, or to be available for use, as therein described);

(b) the repeal of section 53 (recoupment of surplus rental income) shall not apply in relation to any surpluses arising during a period which expires before 1st April 1989;

(c) there shall not apply in relation to revenue deficit grant payable to an association for a period which expires before 1st April 1989–

(i) the repeals of section 54 (revenue deficit grants), and sections 56 and 57 to the extent that they relate to revenue deficit grants,

(ii) the amendment to section 69A(1) (land subject to housing management agreement) by paragraph 29 of Schedule 6 to the 1988 Act, and

(iii) the substitution of the definition of “housing activities” in section 106(1) effected by paragraph 36 of Schedule 6 to the 1988 Act;

(d) the repeal of section 62 (grants for affording tax relief) and of paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (which amends that section) shall not apply in relation to a grant payable to an association in respect of a period which commences before 1st April 1989.

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Section 69A was inserted by paragraph 42 of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986.