Development of Rural Wales Act 1976

PART III Rent Rebates Amendments of Part II of the [1972 c. 47.] Housing Finance Act 1972

8 In section 20(5) (power of Secretary of State in certain circumstances to allow departures from model schemes), after paragraph (c), there shall be inserted a further paragraph (preceded by the word " or " )—

“(d) in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales—

(i) that the general level of the rents of housing account dwellings of the Board is exceptionally high by comparison with the general level of the rents of the Housing Revenue Account dwellings of housing authorities, or

(ii) that the general level of the rents of a class of housing account dwellings of the Board is exceptionally high by comparison with the general level of the rents of the Housing Revenue Account dwellings of housing authorities,”.

and after the words " paragraph (c) " there shall be inserted the words " or (d)(ii) ".

9 In section 21 (extent to which authorities may depart from model schemes), for the words " A housing authority " in subsections (1) and (3) there shall be substituted the words " An authority ".

10 In section 22 (permitted totals of rebates), for the words "housing authority" in subsection (2) there shall be substituted the word " authority ".

11 In section 24 (publicity for schemes) the following amendments shall be made, that is to say—

(a) in subsection (5), after the words " of Housing Revenue Account dwellings" there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales, of housing account dwellings "; and

(b) in subsection (6), after the words "Housing Revenue Account dwellings " there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales, of one of the Board's housing account dwellings ".

12 In section 26 (interpretation of Part II) the following amendments shall be made, that is to say—

(a) for the definition of " authority " there shall be substituted—

• " authority " means, in relation to a rebate scheme, a local authority, a new town corporation or the Development Board for Rural Wales and, in relation to an allowance scheme, a local authority ;

(b) in the appropriate place in alphabetical order there shall be inserted the following definition—

• " housing account dwelling", in relation to the Development Board for Rural Wales, means a dwelling which is within the Board's housing account but excluding a dwelling for the time being let on a long tenancy at a low rent within the meaning of the [1967 c. 88.] Leasehold Reform Act 1967, and a dwelling no longer owned by the Board ;.

13 In Schedule 4 (procedure), in paragraph 1(3)(a), after the words " Housing Revenue Account dwelling " there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales, a housing account dwelling ".