21 Financial assistance towards tenant’s removal expenses.E+W+S
(1)The Board shall, in the discharge of its functions of management under section 4(1)(a) of this Act, have power in every case where a tenant of one of the Board’s housing account dwellings moves to another dwelling (whether or not that dwelling is also a dwelling provided by the Board)—
(a)to pay any expenses of the removal;
(b)subject to subsection (2) below, where the tenant is purchasing the dwelling, to pay any expenses incurred by him in connection with the purchase other than the purchase price.
(2)Subsection (1)(b) above shall only apply in a case where a tenant of a housing account dwelling of the Board moves to another dwelling of the Board if that dwelling has never been let or was built expressly with a view to sale or for letting.
(3)Without prejudice to section 2 of this Act, the Secretary of State may give directions to the Board as to the expenses which may be treated for the purposes of this section as incurred in connection with the purchase of a dwelling and limiting the amount which the Board may pay in respect of such expenses.
(4)The Board may make the payment of expenses under this section subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.