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300 Purchase of houses liable to be demolished or closed.E+W
(1)Where the local housing authority would be required under [section 264 or] section 265 to make a demolition or closing order in respect of a [dwelling-house (not being a flat), a house in multiple occupation (not being a flat in multiple occupation) or the whole of a building], they may, if it appears to them that the [dwelling-house, house in multiple occupation or, as the case may be, building] is or can be rendered capable of providing accommodation of a standard which is adequate for the time being, purchase it instead.
(2)Where an authority have determined to purchase [any premises] under this section—
(a)they shall serve a notice of their determination on the persons on whom they would have been required by section 268(1) to serve a copy of a demolition or closing order, and
(b)sections 268(2) and [269(1), (2), (3) and (6)] (operative date and right of appeal) apply to such a notice as they apply to a demolition or closing order.
(3)At any time after the notice has become operative the authority may purchase the [dwelling-house, house in multiple occupation or building] by agreement or be authorised by the Secretary of State to purchase it compulsorily.
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)This section does not apply where section 304(1) applies (listed building or building protected pending listing).
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