C4C5PART II PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
Pt. II (ss. 8-57) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9(4)(a); S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
Disposal of land held for housing purposes
C132 Power to dispose of land held for purposes of this Part.
1
Without prejudice to the provisions of Part V (the right to buy) F1. . ., a local authority have power by this section, and not otherwise, to dispose of land held by them for the purposes of this Part.
C22
A disposal under this section may be effected in any manner but, subject to subsection (3), shall not be made without the consent of the Secretary of State.
3
C34
For the purposes of this section the grant of an option to purchase the freehold of, or any other interest in, land is a disposal and a consent given to such a disposal extends to a disposal made in pursuance of the option.
5
Sections 128 to 132 of the M1Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (which require surplus land first to be offered to the original owner and to adjoining land-owners) do not apply to the sale by a local authority of land held by them for the purposes of this Part.
Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)