Housing Act 1985

2 (1) References in this Schedule to the surpluses on revenue account as settled by the scheme are to the amount included in the scheme by way of an estimate under paragraph 1(4), subject to any variation of the scheme made by the local housing authority or on an appeal or application to the court.

(2) In paragraph 1(4), and elsewhere in this Schedule, “rent or other payments”, in relation to payments received by the local housing authority from persons occupying a house subject to a control order, means rent or other payments so received—

(a) under leases or licences, or

(b) in respect of furniture to which section 383(1) applies (furniture comprised in furnished letting of which right to possession vests in authority).

(3) In paragraph 1(4), and elsewhere in this Schedule, references to expenditure incurred by the local housing authority in respect of a house subject to a control order include, in a case where the authority—

(a) require persons living in the house to vacate their accommodation for a period while the authority are carrying out works in the house, and

(b) provide housing accommodation for those persons for any part of that period or defray all or any part of the expenses incurred by or on behalf of those persons removing from and returning to the house,

the net cost to the authority in so providing housing accommodation and the sums so defrayed by the authority.