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chapter II Assured Shorthold Tenancies
19A. Assured shorthold tenancies: post-Housing Act 1996 tenancies.
20. Assured shorthold tenancies: pre-Housing Act 1996 tenancies.
20A. Post-Housing Act 1996 tenancies: duty of landlord to provide statement as to terms of tenancy.
21. Recovery of possession on expiry or termination of assured shorthold tenancy.
22. Reference of excessive rents to rent assessment committee.
Chapter V Phasing out of Rent Acts and other Transitional Provisions
Part V Miscellaneous and General
Right to buy etc. and grants to obtain accommodation
125. Restriction on letting etc. of certain houses in National Parks etc.
126. Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.
128. Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord: Scotland.
129. Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.
SCHEDULES
Tenancies Which Cannot be Assured Tenancies
Part III Provisions for Determining Application of Paragraph 10 (Resident Landlords)
Grounds for Possession of Dwelling-houses let on Assured Tenancies
Part I Grounds on which Court must order possession
Part II Grounds on which Court may Order Possession
Agricultural Worker Conditions
Part II Amendments of Section 4 of Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976
Amendments of Housing Associations Act 1985
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2.Except as provided below, for the words “Housing Corporation”, in...
4.(1) In section 5 (registration) for subsection (2) there shall...
5.In section 6(4) (removal from register) for paragraphs (a) to...
6.In section 7 (appeals against removal from the register), in...
7.(1) In section 9 (control by Corporation of disposition of...
8.(1) In section 10 (dispositions excepted from section 9), in...
9.(1) In section 15 (payments and benefits to committee members,...
11.In section 16 (general power to remove committee member), in...
12.In section 17 (power to appoint new committee members) at...
15.In section 21 (amalgamation and dissolution under the 1965 Act),...
16.In section 22 (Corporation’s power to petition for winding up),...
17.(1) In section 24 (general requirements as to accounts and...
18.In section 27 (responsibility for securing compliance with accounting requirements),...
19.(1) In section 28 (Corporation may appoint a person to...
20.In section 29(1) (extraordinary audit) after the words “section 28”...
23.In section 33 (recognition of central association), in subsection (1)...
24.After section 33 there shall be inserted the following section—...
25.In section 39 (minor definitions) before the definition of “mental...
26.In section 40 (index of defined expressions in Part I)—...
Part II Amendments of Part II with Respect to the Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales
Part III Amendments of Part III with Respect to the Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales
31.(1) In section 74 (constitution of Housing Corporation etc.), in...
32.In section 75 (general functions), in subsection (1)(c) for the...
33.At the end of section 77 (advisory service) there shall...
34.(1) In section 83 (power to guarantee loans), in subsection...
35.(1) In section 93 (limit on borrowing), in subsection (2)...
36.In section 106(1) (minor definitions: general) for the definition of...
Orders Vesting Land in Housing Action Trusts
Appointment etc. of Rent Officers
Part II Sections to be Inserted in Rent Act 1977 after Section 64
Repair Notices: Amendments of Housing Act 1985, Part VI
3.(1) In section 191 (appeals against repair notices), after subsection...
5.(1) In section 193 (power of local housing authority to...
6.(1) In section194 (notice of authority’s intention to execute works),...
7.In section 198 (penalty for obstruction), in subsection (2) for...
8.After section 198 there shall be inserted the following section—...
9.Sections 199 to 201 (recovery by lessee of proportion of...
10.In section 203 (saving for rights arising from breach of...
11.In section 205 (application of provisions to parts of buildings...
12.(1) In section 207 (definitions)— (a) for the definition beginning...
13.(1) In Schedule 10 (recovery of expenses incurred by local...
Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951
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40.In section 115 of that Act (meaning of “long tenancy”),...
42.In section 171F of that Act (subsequent dealings after disposal...
44.In section 238 of that Act (index of defined expressions...
45.In section 247 of that Act (notification of certain disposals...
46.In section 263 of that Act (index of defined expressions...
49.In section 323 of that Act (index of defined expressions...
53.In section 400 of that Act (index of defined expressions...
54.In section 429A of that Act (housing management: financial assistance...
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58.In section 459 of that Act (index of defined expressions...
62.In section 577 of that Act (index of defined expressions...
64.In section 622 of that Act (definitions: general) before the...
The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988
85.In section 19 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (notice...
86.In section 36 of that Act (damages for unlawful eviction)—...
87.In section 38 of that Act (further offence of harassment)—...
88.In section 36 of that Act (damages for unlawful eviction)—...
89.In section 63 of that Act (consent for subsequent disposals)...
Part II Amendments Consequential on the Establishment of Housing for Wales
106.In the Housing Act 1985 for the words “Housing Corporation”...
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108.In section 57 of that Act (index of defined expressions:...
109.In section 117 of that Act (index of defined expressions:...
110.In section 188 of that Act (index of defined expressions:...
111.In section 238 of that Act (index of defined expressions:...
112.In section 459 of that Act (index of defined expressions:...
113.In section 577 of that Act (index of defined expressions:...
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