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Housing and Building Control Act 1984

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Disposal of Public Sector Dwelling-Houses and Rights of Secure Tenants

    1. Right to buy

      1. 1.Extension to certain cases where landlord does not own freehold.

      2. 2.Variation of circumstances in which right does not arise.

      3. 3.Further periods to count for qualification and discount.

      4. 4.Inclusion of land let with or used for purposes of dwelling-house.

      5. 5.Repayment of discount on early disposal.

      6. 6.Notice to complete by landlord.

      7. 7.Terms of conveyance or grant.

      8. 8.Dwelling-houses in National Parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty etc.

      9. 9.Secretary of State’s power to give directions as to covenants and conditions.

      10. 10.Secretary of State’s power to obtain information etc.

      11. 11.Secretary of State’s power to give assistance.

    2. Right to a shared ownership lease

      1. 12.Right to be granted a shared ownership lease.

      2. 13.Notice claiming exercise of right.

      3. 14.Notice of initial contribution etc.

      4. 15.Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

      5. 16.Right to further advances.

      6. 17.Completion.

    3. Other provisions with respect to disposals

      1. 18.Recovery of service charges.

      2. 19.Vesting of mortgaged dwelling-house in local authority etc.

      3. 20.Local authority and Housing Corporation indemnities for certain mortgagees.

      4. 21.Local authority contributions towards certain mortgage costs.

      5. 22.Consent to certain voluntary disposals.

      6. 23.Covenants which must or may be imposed on certain voluntary disposals.

      7. 24.Further advances in the case of certain voluntary disposals.

    4. Other rights of secure tenants

      1. 25.Grounds and orders for possession.

      2. 26.Assignments and other disposals of secure tenancies.

      3. 27.Rent not to increase on account of certain improvements.

      4. 28.Right to carry out repairs.

      5. 29.Heating charges.

    5. Miscellaneous

      1. 30.Power to extend right to buy etc.

      2. 31.Dwelling-houses on public trust land.

      3. 32.Errors and omissions in notices.

      4. 33.Housing association grant.

      5. 34.Repayment of housing association grant.

      6. 35.Provisions as respects certain tenants of charitable housing associations etc.

      7. 36.Meaning of “secure tenancy”.

    6. Supplemental

      1. 37.Transitional provisions.

      2. 38.Interpretation of Part I.

  3. PART II Supervision of Building Work Etc. Otherwise than by Local Authorities

    1. Supervision of plans and work by approved inspectors

      1. 39.Giving and acceptance of an initial notice.

      2. 40.Effect of an initial notice.

      3. 41.Approved inspectors.

      4. 42.Plans certificates.

      5. 43.Final certificates.

      6. 44.Cancellation of initial notice.

      7. 45.Effect of initial notice ceasing to be in force.

    2. Supervision of their own work by public bodies

      1. 46.Giving, acceptance and effect of public body’s notice.

    3. Supplemental

      1. 47.Appeals.

      2. 48.Register of notices and certificates.

      3. 49.Offences.

      4. 50.Information, reports and returns.

      5. 51.Interpretation of Part II.

  4. PART III Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Building Work

    1. Exemptions and relaxations for public bodies

      1. 52.Exemption of local authorities etc. from procedural requirements of building regulations.

      2. 53.Power of certain public bodies to relax requirements of building regulations for their own works.

    2. Approved documents giving practical guidance

      1. 54.Approval of documents for purposes of building regulations. .

      2. 55.Compliance or noncompliance with approved documents.

    3. Certification and reports

      1. 56.Certificates of compliance with building regulations.

      2. 57.Methods of challenging section 65 notices.

    4. Miscellaneous

      1. 58.Charges by local authorities for performing functions relating to building regulations.

      2. 59.Amendments of enactments relating to building regulations.

      3. 60.Amendments of enactments relating to sanitation and buildings.

      4. 61.Repeal of the Building Control Act 1966.

      5. 62.Interpretation of Part III.

  5. PART IV Miscellaneous and General

    1. 63.Financial provisions.

    2. 64.Minor and consequential amendments.

    3. 65.Repeals.

    4. 66.Short title, commencement and extent.

  6. SCHEDULES.

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Extension of Right to Buy to Certain Cases Where Landlord Does Not Own Freehold

      1. 1.In section 1(8) (right to acquire freehold or long lease)...

      2. 2.In section 6(4)(a) of the 1980 Act (assumptions on the...

      3. 3.In section 14 of the 1980 Act (change of landlord...

      4. 4.In section 16(1) of the 1980 Act (completion) for paragraphs...

      5. 5.At the end of section 17 of the 1980 Act...

      6. 6.Section 18 of the 1980 Act (right to a mortgage—terms...

      7. 7.In subsection (3) of section 20 of the 1980 Act...

      8. 8.In section 24 of the 1980 Act (vesting orders)—

      9. 9.After paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 1 to...

      10. 10.(1) For paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1980...

      11. 11.(1) For the heading of Part IV of Schedule 2...

      12. 12.After sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SCHEDULE inserted After Schedule 1 to 1980 Act

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Terms of a Shared Ownership Lease

      1. Tenant’s initial share

        1. 1.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the tenant’s initial share...

      2. Tenant’s initial contribution

        1. 2.(1) The consideration for the grant of the lease (in...

      3. Additional shares

        1. 3.(1) The lease shall contain provision enabling the tenant to...

      4. Additional contributions

        1. 4.(1) The consideration for an additional share (in this Part...

      5. Rent

        1. 5.(1) The lease shall provide that, for any period for...

      6. Repayment of discount on early disposal

        1. 6.(1) The lease shall contain a covenant binding on the...

      7. Payment for oustanding share on disposal

        1. 7.(1) The lease shall contain a covenant binding on the...

      8. No disposals of part while share outstanding

        1. 8.(1) The lease shall contain a covenant binding on the...

      9. Supplemental

        1. 9.(1) The lease shall provide that, in the event of...

        2. 10.(1) Any power to make an order under this Schedule...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Service Charges in Respect of Certain Houses

      1. Service charge and relevant costs

        1. 1.(1) In this Schedule “service charge” has the meaning given...

      2. Limitation of service charges

        1. 2.The extent to which relevant costs are taken into account...

        2. 3.Costs are to be taken into account only to the...

      3. Information as to relevant costs

        1. 4.(1) If the payer requests the payee in writing to...

      4. Information held by superior landlord

        1. 5.(1) If a request made under paragraph 4(1) above relates...

      5. Service of requests under paragraph 4

        1. 6.A request under paragraph 4 above shall be deemed to...

      6. Effect of disposal

        1. 7.A disposal of the dwelling-house by the payer shall not...

      7. Determination of reasonableness

        1. 8.Any agreement made by the payer, other than an arbitration...

      8. Offences

        1. 9.(1) If any person without reasonable excuse fails to perform...

      9. Exceptions

        1. 10.(1) Where the payee is a body mentioned in sub-paragraph...

      10. Definitions

        1. 11.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person is a...

        2. 12.“Payee” means the person who is entitled to enforce payment...

        3. 13.“Payer” means the person liable to pay the service charge....

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Vesting of Mortgaged Dwelling-House in Local Authority Etc.

      1. Vesting of dwelling-house with leave of court

        1. 1.(1) In any case where this Schedule applies, the authority...

      2. Effect of vesting

        1. 2.(1) On the vesting of the dwelling-house the authority’s mortgage...

      3. Compensation and accounting

        1. 3.(1) Where, under paragraph 1 above, the authority has vested...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Amendments of Sections 104B and 104C of 1957 Act

      1. Section 104B

        1. 1.(1) In subsection (2) of section 104B of the 1957...

      2. Section 104C

        1. 2.(1) In subsection (1) of section 104C of the 1957...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      SCHEDULE INSERTED AFTER SCHEDULE 4 TO 1980 ACT

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Provisions Consequential Upon Public Body’s Notice

      1. Duration of notice

        1. 1.(1) A public body’s notice shall come into force when...

      2. Public body’s plans certificates

        1. 2.(1) Where a public body— (a) is satisfied that plans...

      3. Public body’s final certificates

        1. 3.(1) Where a public body is satisfied that any work...

      4. Effects of public body’s notice ceasing to be in force

        1. 4.(1) The provisions of this paragraph apply where a public...

      5. Consultation

        1. 5.Building regulations may make provision for requiring, in such circumstances...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Sections Inserted After Section 65 of the 1936 Act

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      Section 64(4) of the 1936 Act and Section 6 of the 1961 Act, as Amended

      1. Public Health Act 1936

      2. Public Health Act 1961

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

      1. Interpretation

        1. 1.In this Schedule expressions used in Part I of this...

      2. The Leasehold Reform Act 1967

        1. 2.(1) Part I of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (enfranchisement...

        2. 3.In section 3(1) of the said Act of 1967 (meaning...

      3. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

        1. 4.Subsection (3) of section 69 of the Health and Safety...

      4. The Airports Authority Act 1975

        1. 5.In section 19(2) of the Airports Authority Act 1975 (application...

      5. The Housing Act 1980

        1. 6.Subsections (4) and (4A) of section 3 of the Housing...

        2. 7.Section 4(3) of that Act (joint tenants and members of...

        3. 8.(1) After subsection (1) of section 5 of that Act...

        4. 9.At the end of section 6 of that Act (purchase...

        5. 10.(1) In subsection (1) of section 10 of that Act...

        6. 11.In section 11(6) of that Act (right of tenant to...

        7. 12.In section 12 of that Act (claim to a mortgage)...

        8. 13.(1) In subsection (1) of section 13 of that Act...

        9. 14.(1) Section 18 of that Act (right to a mortgage—terms...

        10. 15.(1) Section 19 of that Act (dwelling-houses in National Parks...

        11. 16.Section 20 of that Act (registration of title) shall have...

        12. 17.(1) For section 21 of that Act (costs) there shall...

        13. 18.(1) After subsection (1) of section 22 of that Act...

        14. 19.(1) Subsection (5) of section 23 of that Act (Secretary...

        15. 20.(1) In subsection (2) of section 24 of that Act...

        16. 21.The following provisions of that Act, namely— section 24A (Secretary...

        17. 22.In section 27(3) of that Act (interpretation of Chapter I),...

        18. 23.In subsection (1) of section 31 of that Act (meaning...

        19. 24.In section 50(1) of that Act (interpretation of Chapter II...

        20. 25.(1) In subsection (2) of section 86 of that Act...

        21. 26.In section 110(1) of that Act (local authority mortgage interest...

        22. 27.In subsection (1) of section 127 of that Act (registration...

        23. 28.In section 137(1) of that Act (avoidance of certain unauthorised...

        24. 29.At the end of section 150 of that Act (interpretation)...

        25. 30.In section 151(1) of that Act (regulations and orders) after...

        26. 31.Part II of Schedule 1A to that Act (qualification and...

        27. 32.Part IV of Schedule 2 to that Act (charges and...

        28. 33.(1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act (tenancies...

        29. 34.In Part I of Schedule 4 to that Act, in...

      6. The Civil Aviation Act 1982

        1. 35.In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation...

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      Repeals

      1. PART I Repeals Relating to Building Control

      2. PART II Further Repeals

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