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Changes over time for: Section 19


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19 Appropriation of land.E+W
(1)A local housing authority may appropriate for the purposes of this Part any land for the time being vested in them or at their disposal; and the authority have the same powers in relation to land so appropriated as they have in relation to land acquired by them for the purposes of this Part.
(2)Where a local housing authority have acquired or appropriated land for the purposes of this Part, they shall not, without the consent of the Secretary of State, appropriate any part of the land consisting of a house or part of a house for any other purpose.
(3)The Secretary of State’s consent may be given—
(a)either generally to all local housing authorities or to a particular authority or description of authority, and
(b)either in relation to particular land or in relation to land of a particular description;
and it may be given subject to conditions.
[(4)The Secretary of State shall consult the Regulator of Social Housing before deciding whether to consent under this section to anything within the Regulator’s remit.]
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