Housing Act 1985

14 Exercise of powers by authority outside district.

(1) A local housing authority may, for supplying the needs of their district, exercise outside their district the powers conferred by sections 9 to 13 (provision of housing accommodation and related powers).

(2) A district council shall before doing so give notice of their intention—

(a) to the council of the county in which their district is situated, and

(b) if they propose to exercise the power outside that county, to the council of the county in which they propose to exercise the power;

but failure to give notice does not invalidate the exercise of the power.

(3) Where housing operations under this Part are being carried out by a local housing authority outside their own district, the authority’s power to execute works necessary for the purposes of, or incidental to the carrying out of, the operations, is subject to entering into an agreement with the council of the county, London borough or district in which the operations are being carried out, as to the terms and conditions on which the works are to be executed.

(4) Where housing operations under this Part have been carried out by a local housing authority outside their own district, and for the purposes of the operations public streets or roads have been constructed and completed by the authority, the liability to maintain the streets or roads vests in the council which is the local highway authority for the area in which the operations were carried out unless that council are satisfied that the streets or roads have not been properly constructed.

(5) Where a local housing authority carry out housing operations outside their own district, any difference arising between that authority and any authority in whose area the operations are carried out may be referred by either authority to the Secretary of State whose decision shall be final and binding on them.