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(1)Where a person is displaced from residential accommodation on any land in consequence of—
(a)the acquisition of the land by an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers;
F1[(b)the making of a housing order in respect of a house or building on the land;]
(c)where the land has been previously acquired by an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers or appropriated by a local authority and is for the time being held by the authority for the purposes for which it was acquired or appropriated, the carrying out of [F2any improvement to a house or building on the land or of] redevelopment on the land,
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not by virtue of paragraph (a) thereof apply to a person if the acquisition is in pursuance of the service by him of a blight notice within the meaning of [F4section 149 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990]. . . F5
(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to any person who is a trespasser on the land or who has been permitted to reside in any house or building on the land pending its demolition [F6or improvement].
(4)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to any person to whom money has been advanced—
(a)under section 41 below;
(b)under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts 1899 to 1923 or section 43 of the M1Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 [F7or section 435 of the Housing Act 1985];
F8(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)by a development corporation or the Commission for the New Towns otherwise than under section 41 below,
F9(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
for the purpose of enabling him to obtain accommodation in substitution for that from which he is displaced as mentioned in that subsection.
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
(6)For the purposes of subsection (1) above a person shall not be treated as displaced in consequence of any such acquisition [F11improvement] or redevelopment as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) of that subsection unless he was residing in the accommodation in question—
(a)in the case of land acquired under a compulsory purchase order, at the time when notice was first published of the making of the order prior to its submission for confirmation or, where the order did not require confirmation, of the preparation of the order in draft;
(b)in the case of land acquired under an Act specifying the land as subject to compulsory acquisition, at the time when the provisions of the Bill for the Act specifying the land were first published;
(c)in the case of land acquired by agreement, at the time when the agreement was made;
and a person shall not be treated as displaced in consequence of F12[a housing order within paragraph (b) of that subsection unless he was residing in the accommodation in question at the time when the order was made.]
[F13(6A)For the purposes of subsection (1) above a person shall not be treated as displaced in consequence of F14[the carrying out of any improvement to a house or building unless he is permanently displaced from the residential accommodation in question in consequence of the carrying out of that improvement.]
(7)[F15Subject to subsection (8) below, the ’relevant authority’ for the purpose of this section is the local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985.]
(8)Where the land is in an area designated as the site of a new town—
(a)paragraph (c) of subsection (1) above shall apply if the land on which the redevelopment is carried out has been previously acquired by the development corporation and is for the time being held either by that corporation or by the Commission for the New Towns;
(b)if the authority by whom the land is acquired or redeveloped is the development corporation, that corporation shall, in a case falling within paragraph (a) or (c) of that subsection, be the relevant authority for the purposes of this section;
(c)if the authority by whom the land is redeveloped is the Commission for the New Towns, the Commission shall, in a case falling within paragraph (c) of that subsection, be the relevant authority for the purposes of this section.
F9(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16
(9)In this section “a housing order. . . F17 F18...”[F19“improvement”] and “redevelopment” have the same meaning as in section 29 above.]
Textual Amendments
F1 S. 39(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) , s. 270(4) (5)(f) , Sch. 15 para. 6(2) ; S.I. 2006/1060 , art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch. ); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 1(2)(c), 2(b) (with art. 3 Sch.)
F2 Words inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 40(1)
F3 S. 39(1)(d) (which was inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 40(1)) repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F4 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 29(6)
F5 Words repealed by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56), Sch. 2 Pt. I
F6 Words added by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 40(2)
F7 Words inserted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(4)(b)
F8 S. 39(4)(c) repealed by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56), Sch. 2 Pt. I
F9 S. 39(4)(f) and (8)(d) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38 , s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F10 S. 39(5) repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F11 Word inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch, 13 para. 40(3)
F12 Words in s. 39(6) substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W. ) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) , s. 270(4) (5)(f) , Sch. 15 para. 6(3) ; S.I. 2006/1060 , art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch. ); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 1(2)(c), 2(b) (with art. 3 Sch.)
F13 S. 39(6A) inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 40(4)
F14 Words in s. 39(6A) substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) , s. 270(4) (5)(f) , Sch. 15 para. 6(4) ; S.I. 2006/1060 , art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch. ); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 1(2)(c), 2(b) (with art. 3 Sch.)
F15 S. 39(7) substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 29(4)(c)
F16 S. 39(8A) repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F17 Words repealed by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56), Sch. 2 Pt. I
F18 Words in s. 39(9) repealed (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) , s. 270(4) (5)(f) , Sch. 15 para. 6(5) , 16 ; S.I. 2006/1060 , art. 2(1)(d) (e) (with Sch. ); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 1(2)(c), 2(b) (with art. 3 Sch.)
F19 Word inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 40(7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 S. 39: power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(c)(4)
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