MiscellaneousE+W+S
F133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F1S. 33 repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 227, Sch. 19 Pt. I; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch.) and (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 11(4); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)
F233A Provision of services between the Corporations.E+W+S
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 33A repealed (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 64(3), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2010/862, arts. 2, 3 (with Sch.)
34 Provision of land by county councils.E+W
(1)Where a housing association wishes to erect houses [F3in England]which in the opinion of the Secretary of State are required and the local housing authority in whose district the houses are proposed to be built are unwilling to acquire land with a view to selling or leasing it to the association, the county council, on the application of the association, may acquire land for that purpose.
(2)For that purpose the county council may exercise all the powers of a local housing authority under Part II of the M1Housing Act 1985 (provision of housing) in regard to the acquisition and disposal of land; and the provisions of that Act as to the acquisition of land by local housing authorities for the purposes of that Part apply accordingly.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in s. 34(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(2), Sch. 8 para. 6(1) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1
Marginal Citations
35 Housing trusts: power to transfer housing to local housing authority.E+W
(1)A housing trust may—
(a)sell or lease to the local housing authority the houses provided by the trust, or
(b)make over to the authority the management of the houses.
(2)So far as subsection (1) confers power to dispose of land—
[F4(za)it does not apply to private registered providers of social housing (on whom power to dispose of land is conferred by section 171 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008);]
[F5(a)it does not apply to registered social landlords (on whom power to dispose of land is conferred by section 8 of the Housing Act 1996);.]
(b)it has effect subject to section 9 (dispositions requiring consent of [F6Corporation]) where the housing trust is an unregistered housing association and the land is grant-aided land (as defined in Schedule 1); and
(c)it has effect subject to [F7[F8section 36 of the Charities Act 1993] (restrictions on dispositions of charity land)] where the housing trust is a charity.
Textual Amendments
F4S. 35(2)(za) 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. 41 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F5S. 35(2)(a) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(20)
F6Word substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2
F7Words in s. 35(2)(c) substituted (1.1.1993) by Charities Act 1992 (c. 41), s. 78(2), Sch. 6 para. 13(3); S.I. 1992/1900, art. 2 Sch. 3.
F8Words in s. 35(2)(c) substituted (1.8.1993) by 1993 c. 10, ss. 98(1), 99(1), Sch. 6 para. 21(4).
36 Housing trusts: functions of Secretary of State with respect to legal proceedings.E+W+S
(1)If it appears to the Secretary of State—
(a)that the institution of legal proceedings is requisite or desirable with respect to any property belonging to a housing trust, or
(b)that the expediting of any such legal proceedings is requisite or desirable,
he may certify the case to the Attorney-General who may institute legal proceedings or intervene in legal proceedings already instituted in such manner as he thinks proper in the circumstances.
(2)Before preparing a scheme with reference to property belonging to a housing trust, the court or body which is responsible for making the scheme shall communicate with the Secretary of State and consider any recommendations made by him with reference to the proposed scheme.
F936A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F9S. 36A repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 227, Sch. 19 Pt. I; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch.) and repealed (S.) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 11(4); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)