Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985

24 (1) The Land Compensation Act 1973 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 29 (home loss payments)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b) (improvement notices) for " Part VIII of the Housing Act 1974" substitute " Part VII of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(b) for subsection (1)(d) (improvement &c. by certain housing associations) substitute—

“(d) the carrying out of any improvement to the dwelling or of redevelopment on the land by a housing association which has previously acquired the land and at the date of the displacement is registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985”;

(c) at the end of subsection (2) (but not as part of paragraph (b)) there shall continue to be the words "and in a case within subsection (1)(d) above, unless the displacement occurred on or after 31st July 1974 (on which date the Housing Act 1974 was passed) " ;

(d) for subsection (7) substitute—

“(7) In this section " a housing order or undertaking " means—

(a) a demolition or closing order, or an obstructive building order, under Part IX of the Housing Act 1985 (slum clearance);

(b) a closing order under section 368(4) of that Act (closing of multi-occupied house with inadequate means of escape from fire) ;

(c) an undertaking accepted under section 211, 264 or 368 of that Act (undertaking in lieu of improvement notice or housing order).”.

(3) In section 37 (disturbance payments)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b) (improvement notices) for " Part VIII of the Housing Act 1974" substitute " Part VII of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(b) for subsection (1)(d) (improvement &c. by certain housing associations) substitute—

“(d) the carrying out of any improvement to a house or building on the land or of re-development on the land by a housing association which has previously acquired the land and at the date of the displacement is registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985 ;”;

(c) in subsection (2)(b)(ii) (exclusion where full compensation paid) for a " site value provision " substitute " section 585 of the Housing Act 1985 (site value for unfit houses) " and after " owner-occupier's supplement" insert " under Part I of Schedule 24 to that Act ";

(d) after subsection (2)(c) there shall continue to be—

“(d) in a case within subsection (1)(d) above, unless the displacement occurred on or after 31st July 1974 (on which date the Housing Act 1974 was passed).”.

(4) In section 39 (duty to rehouse residential occupiers)—

(a) in subsection (1)(d) (improvement notices) for "Part VIII of the Housing Act 1974" substitute " Part VII of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(b) in subsection (4)(b) (exclusion of person with local authority mortgage) after " 1958" insert " or section 435 of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(c) for subsection (7) (definition of relevant authority) substitute—

“(7) Subject to subsection (8) below, the ' relevant authority' for the purposes of this section is the local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985.”.

(5) In section 42 (duty of displacing authority to indemnify rehousing authority)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b) for " Part V of the Housing Act 1957 " substitute " Part II of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(b) in subsection (2)(a) for " Part V of the said Act of 1957 " substitute " Part II of the said Act of 1985 ";

(c) in subsection (2)(b) for " the said Part V " substitute " the said Part II ";

(d) for subsection (6) (provision for construction as one with Housing Finance Act 1972) substitute—

“(6) In subsection (2)—

• 'Housing Revenue Account dwelling' means a dwelling which is within the authority's Housing Revenue Account (within the meaning of Part XIII of the Housing Act 1985) and is not—

  (a)

  a dwelling for the time being let on a long tenancy at a low rent within the meaning of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, or

  (b)

  a dwelling no longer owned by the authority;

• ' year ' means financial year.”.

(6) In section 52 (right to advance payment of compensation), in subsection (11) for the words from " section 98 " to " that Act " substitute " section 583 of the Housing Act 1985 ".

(7) In section 57(3) (application of provisions as to notice of entry in respect of part of agricultural holding) for the words from " section 101 " to " that Act) " substitute " section 584 of the Housing Act 1985 (power to enter and determine short tenancies of land acquired or appropriated for certain purposes of that Act) ".

(8) In section 73 (planning blight: land affected by slum clearance resolution)—

(a) in subsection (1) for " section 42 of the Housing Act 1957 " substitute " section 289 of the Housing Act 1985 " and for "section 43 of that Act" substitute " section 290 of that Act ";

(b) in subsection (3) for " section 43 of the Housing Act 1957 " substitute " section 290 of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(c) in subsection (4) for " section 59(2) of the said Act of 1957 " substitute " section 585 of the Housing Act 1985 ";

(d) in subsection (5)(a) for " section 60 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the said Act of 1957 " substitute " Part I of Schedule 24 to the Housing Act 1985 " and for "Part III" substitute " section 290 ";

(e) in subsection (5)(b) for the words from " Part II" to " 1969 " substitute " Part II of that Schedule " and for " Part III" substitute " section 290

(f) in the closing words of subsection (5) for " the said Schedules 2 and 5 " substitute " that Schedule ".

(9) In section 87 (general interpretation) for the definitions of " housing association " and " registered " substitute—

• “housing association " has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 and ' registered', in relation to a housing association, means registered under that Act;”.