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Housing Act 1985, Section
45
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(1)The following provisions of this Part down to section 51 (restrictions on, and provision of information about, services charges) apply where—
[F2(a)the freehold of a house has been conveyed by a public sector authority; and
(b)the conveyance enabled the vendor to recover from the purchaser a service charge.]
( 2 )In subsection (1)(a)—
F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“ public sector authority ” means—
a local authority,
[F4a National Park authority]
a [F5development] corporation,
an urban development corporation,
[F6a Mayoral development corporation,]
[F7the Homes and Communities Agency,]
[F8the Greater London Authority so far as exercising its housing or regeneration functions or its new towns and urban development functions,]
[F7the Welsh Ministers so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to them as mentioned in section 36(1)(a) (i) to (iii) of the New Towns Act 1981,
[F9a housing action trust]
F10 . . .
[F11[F12Regulator of Social Housing] or Scottish Homes]
[F13a non-profit registered provider of social housing,]
a [F14registered social landlord].
F15 [( 2A ) In subsection (1)(a) “ public sector authority ” also includes the [F16 Welsh Ministers if the freehold has been conveyed by them (or by the Assembly constituted by the Government for Wales Act 1998, the Secretary of State ] or Housing for Wales) under section 90 of the M1 Housing Associations Act 1985. ]
[F17(2B)In subsection (1)(a) “public sector authority” also includes a profit-making registered provider of social housing in respect of any house which, before the conveyance, was social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.]
(3)The following provisions—
section 170 (power of Secretary of State to given assistance in connection with legal proceedings), and
section 181 (jurisdiction of county court),
apply to proceedings and questions arising under this section and sections 46 to 51 as they apply to proceedings and questions arising under Part V (the right to buy).]]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 45, 47, 48, 50, 51 repealed in relation to dwellings let on long leases by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 41(2)
F2S. 45(1)(a)(b) substituted for s. 45(1)(a)–(c) by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(a)
F3Words repealed by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 4(b), Sch. 5
F4Words in s. 45(2)(b) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 24(2), (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)
F5Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(a) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
F6Words in s. 45(2) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 10
F7Words in s. 45(2) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(b) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
F8Words in s. 45(2) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 12; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)
F9Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 79(11)
F10Words in s. 45(2) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F11Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 8(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F12Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(a)(i) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F13Words in s. 45(2) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(a)(ii) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F14Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(4)
F15S. 45(2A) inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 8(3) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F16Words in s. 45(2A) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
F17S. 45(2B) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(b) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 45-51 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 21(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
C2Ss. 43, 44, 45 amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22 and 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)
C3Ss. 45-51 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(b)
C4S. 45(2) (previously 45(2)(b)) explained by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)
C5S. 45(2) modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), art. 3, Sch. para. 2(1) (with art. 6); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
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