In ascertaining for the purposes of section 18, 21 or 37 of this Act the cost of acquiring an estate or interest in a case where periodical payments fall to be made in connection with the acquisition that cost shall be taken to include such sum as the Minister may determine to be the capital equivalent of those payments.
(1)Any order made by the Minister under any provision of this Act may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made thereunder.
(2)Any order made by the Minister under this Act and any regulations made under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument.
(3)Any statutory instrument made under this Act, except one containing an order under section 22, 37, 50, 58 or 87 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(1)In this Act—
" the Act of 1957 " means the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957 ;
" housing association " has the meaning assigned to it for the purposes of the Act of 1957 by section 189(1) of that Act;
" land " includes any estate or interest in land ;
" the Minister ", except where it means the Secretary of State, means the Minister of Housing and Local Government and, in the application to Wales and Monmouthshire of any provision other than sections 18(3), 18(4), 21(5), 21(6) and 22 and other than the definition of " prescribed " in section 27 as it relates to section 2(3), 4(2), 5(2) or 6(4), means the Secretary of State;
" standard amenities " has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 of this Act.
(2)For the purposes of this Act a person is a member of another's family if that person is—
(a)the other's wife or husband ; or
(b)a son or daughter or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the other, or of the other's wife or husband; or
(c)the father or mother of the other, or of the other's wife or husband.
In paragraph (b) of this subsection any reference to a person's son or daughter includes a reference to any step-son or stepdaughter, any illegitimate son or daughter, and any adopted son or daughter of that person, and " son-in-law " and " daughter-in-law " shall be construed accordingly.
(3)Section 4 of the Act of 1957 (standard of fitness for human habitation) shall apply for the purposes of this Act.
(4)For the purposes of this Act the cost of any works shall be taken to include the cost of the employment in connection with the works of an architect, engineer, surveyor, land-agent or other person in an advisory or supervisory capacity.
(5)For the purposes of this Act the annual loan charges referable to any amount shall be, subject to sections 21(7) and 37(7) of this Act, the annual sum that, in the opinion of the Minister, would fall to be provided by a housing authority for the payment of interest on, and the repayment of, a loan of that amount repayable over a period of twenty years.
(6)References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed, except where the context otherwise requires, as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as applied, by any other enactment, including any enactment contained in this Act.
Section 115 of the [1968 c. 23.] Rent Act 1968 (application to Isles of Scilly) shall have effect as if the reference therein to Part IV of that Act included a reference to Part III of this Act; and the other provisions of this Act shall have effect, in their application to the Isles of Scilly, subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Minister may by order direct.
(1)The Minister may by order repeal or amend any provision in any local Act passed before this Act where it appears to him that the provision is inconsistent with, or has become unnecessary, in consequence of any provision of Part I, Part II or section 64 of this Act.
(2)Before making an order under this section the Minister shall consult with any local authority which appears to him to be concerned.
(3)An order under this section may contain such transitional, supplementary or incidental provisions as appear to the Minister to be expedient.
(1)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect subject to the minor and consequential amendments specified therein.
(2)The transitional provisions and savings contained in Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect.
(3)Subject to the savings contained in Schedule 9 to this Act, the enactments mentioned in Schedule 10 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Any expenses of the Minister under this Act and any expenses of the Minister under any other enactment which are attributable to the provisions of this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Housing Act 1969.
(2)This Act, the Housing Acts 1957 to 1965 and the [1967 c. 29.] Housing Subsidies Act 1967 may be cited together as the Housing Acts 1957 to 1969.
(3)Part IV of this Act shall be construed as one with the Act of 1957.
(4)This Act, except sections 80 to 82, shall not come into force until the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.
(5)This Act, except sections 78 and 79, does not extend to Scotland.
(6)This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.