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53 Prefabs deemed to be houses provided under this Part.E+W
(1)This section applies to prefabs, that is to say structures made available to a local authority under section 1 of the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944 (“the 1944 Act”).
(2)For the purposes of this Act prefabs shall be deemed to be houses provided by the local housing authority under this Part.
(3)A prefab and the land on which it is situated may, if immediately before the repeal of the 1944 Act (on 25th August 1972) it was deemed to be land acquired for the purposes of Part V of the Housing Act 1957, be appropriated or disposed of by the local housing authority in the same way as any other land acquired or deemed to be acquired for the purposes of this Part.
(4)The provisions of this section do not affect any obligation of a local housing authority to another person as respects the removal or demolition of a prefab.
(5)References in this section to a prefab include fittings forming part of it.
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