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relate to the initiation of consultations with a view to the transfer of new town housing to a district council) are repealed—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