Version Superseded: 01/04/1996
Point in time view as at 23/11/1995. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Housing Act 1988, Paragraph 12 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
12(1)A tenancy under which the interest of the landlord belongs to—
(a)a local authority, as defined in sub-paragraph (2) below;
(b)the Commission for the New Towns;
(c)the Development Board for Rural Wales;
(d)an urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the M1Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
(e)a development corporation, within the meaning of the M2New Towns Act 1981;
(f)an authority established under section 10 of the M3Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities);
(g)a residuary body, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1985;
[F1(gg)The Residuary Body for Wales (Corff Gweddilliol Cymru);]
(h)a fully mutual housing association; or
(i)a housing action trust established under Part III of this Act.
(2)The following are local authorities for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above—
(a)the council of a county, district or London borough;
(b)the Common Council of the City of London;
(c)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(d)the Broads Authority;
[F2(da)a National Park authority;]
(e)the Inner London Education Authority; and
(f)a joint authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1985.
[F3(g)a police authority established under section 3 of the M4Police Act 1964.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(gg) inserted (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 22(2), 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 31 (with ss. 54(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
F2Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(da) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 28 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art, 2(1)
F3Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(g) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 62; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(2)(g); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.
Marginal Citations
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
