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Housing and Planning Act 1986

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20Disposal of dwellings in new towns

(1)Part III of the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981 (transfer of new town housing to district councils), is amended as follows.

(2)After section 57 insert—

57ASavings 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 a 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relate to the initiation of consultations with a view to the transfer of new town housing to a district council) are repealed—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).

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