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8E+W+SFor section 23 (compulsory purchase of land by SSHA) there shall be substituted—

23 Improvement of amenities of residential area by development corporations.

A development corporation may for the purpose of securing the improvement of the amenities of a predominantly residential area within its designated area—

(a)carry out any works on land owned by it;

(b)with the agreement of the owner of any land, carry out or arrange for the carrying out of works on that land at his or its expense or in part at the expense of both;

(c)assist (whether by grants or loans or otherwise) in the carrying out of works on land not owned by it;

(d)acquire any land by agreement..

9E+W+SIn section 61 (secure tenant’s right to purchase)—

(a)in subsection (4)(e)(i) after the words “Housing Corporation” there shall be inserted the words “or by Scottish Homes”;

(b)in subsection (8) for the words “and the Housing Corporation” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “, the Housing Corporation and Scottish Homes”;

(c)in subsection (9)—

(i)after the words “Housing Corporation” there shall be inserted the words “or by Scottish Homes”;

(ii)after the words “the Corporation” there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, Scottish Homes”;

(iii)after the words “3(1)” there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, 3(1A)”;

(d)in subsection (11) for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(d)Scottish Homes and the Scottish Special Housing Association;

10E+W+SIn section 194 (grants payable to SSHA and development corporations)—

(a)in subsection (1) the words “the Scottish Special Housing Association (“the Association”) and to” shall cease to have effect;

(b)in subsection (2) the words “the Association and to” and “the Association, acting otherwise than as agents, or by” shall cease to have effect.

11E+W+SSection 196 (advances to SSHA for provision or improvement of housing accommodation) shall cease to have effect.

12E+W+SIn section 202(7) (power of Secretary of State to reduce etc. particular Exchequer contributions) in the definition of “recipient authority” for the words from “, a housing” to “Association” there shall be substituted the words “or a housing association”.

13E+W+SIn section 216(1) (house loans to tenants exercising right to purchase) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

(b)in a case where the landlord is the Housing Corporation or a housing association registered in the register maintained by the Housing Corporation, to the Housing Corporation;

(bi)in a case where the landlord is a housing association registered in the register maintained by Scottish Homes, to Scottish Homes;.

14E+W+SIn section 276 (repurchase by authority other than local authority) in the Table for the words “2. The Scottish Special Housing Association” there shall be substituted the words “2. Scottish Homes or the Scottish Special Housing Association”.

15E+W+SIn Schedule 12 (termination of exchequer payments) in paragraph 2, Part III shall cease to have effect.

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