Part III Housing and Planning

Housing

23 Transfer of land held for housing purposes.

(1)

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(2)

On 1st April 1965 there shall vest in the council of each London borough all land which immediately before that date was held for the purposes of functions as such a local authority as aforesaid—

(a)

by any council to whom section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies whose area falls wholly within that London borough;

(b)

in the case of land within the London borough, by the Chigwell urban district council.

(3)

The Minister shall if so requested by both the parties concerned, or if so requested by one of those parties may after consultation with the other of those parties, or if he thinks fit after consultation with both parties may without any such request, by order provide for the transfer—

(a)

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(b)

from . . . F2 the council of a London borough to the local authority . . . F2 for the purposes of the M1Housing Act 1957 or to a housing association of any housing accommodation for the time being vested in that council, being, . . . F2 housing accommodation outside that borough;

and any such order shall include such terms as may have been agreed between the two parties concerned or, in default of such agreement, determined by the Minister and provision for arbitration as to the value of the property transferred; and in the case of an order may by virtue of paragraph (b) of this subsection—

(i)

the said terms may include the retention by the transferor of a right to nominate tenants to the transferred accommodation and, where such a right is retained, provision for the payment of contributions by the transferor to the transferee; and

(ii)

the order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

F3(4)

The Minister may at any time after 1st April 1965 require any London borough to submit to him a programme for any transfers of housing accommodation vested in that borough such as are mentioned in subsection (3)(b) of this section which they propose to make and have not yet made.

(5)

References in this section to land or housing accommodation shall be construed as including references to any other property held in connection therewith and any rights or liabilities attaching thereto.

(6)

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