Part I Housing
Miscellaneous
20F1 Disposal of dwellings in new towns.
1
Part III of the M1New Towns Act 1981 (transfer of new town housing to district councils), is amended as follows.
2
After section 57 insert—
57A Savings for other powers of disposal.
The provisions of this Part as to the transfer of dwellings in a new town to a district council shall not be construed as restricting—
a
the power of the Commission under section 36 above,
b
The power of the development corporation under section 64 below, or
c
the power of the Development Board for Rural Wales under section 4 of the development of Rural Wales Act 1976,
to dispose of such dwellings to any person.
3
The following provisions (which relate to the initiation of consultations with a view to the transfer of new town housing to a district council) are repealed—
section 43(3) and (4),
section 49(b) and (c).