Local authority tenancies etc.E+W
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;
[F1(da)a National Park authority;]
(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;
[F2(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, [F3county borough,] 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;
(e)the Inner London Education Authority; and
(f)a joint authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1985.
[F4(g)a police authority established under [F5section 3 of the Police Act 1996].]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 12 (1)(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)
F2Sch. 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))
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(a) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(2), Sch. 8 para. 9(2) (with ss. 54(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1
F4Sch. 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.
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(g) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(zc)
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