C1Part III Housing Action Trust Areas
Areas and trusts
60 Housing action trust areas.
1
Subject to section 61 below, the Secretary of State may by order designate an area of land for which, in his opinion, it is expedient that a corporation, to be known as a housing action trust, having the functions specified in this Part of this Act, should be established.
2
The area designated by an order under this section may comprise two or more parcels of land which—
a
need not be contiguous; and
b
need not be in the district of the same local housing authority.
3
An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument but no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
4
In deciding whether to make an order under this section designating any area of land, the Secretary of State shall have regard to such matters as he thinks fit.
5
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) above, among the matters to which the Secretary of State may have regard in deciding whether to include a particular area of land in an order under this section, are—
a
the extent to which the housing accommodation in the area as a whole is occupied by tenants or owner-occupiers and the extent to which it is local authority housing;
b
the physical state and design of the housing accommodation in the area and any need to repair or improve it;
c
the way in which the local authority housing in the area is being managed; and
d
the living conditions of those who live in the area and the social conditions and general environment of the area.
6
An area designated by an order under this section shall be known as a housing action trust area and in the following provisions of this Part of this Act—
a
such an area is referred to as a “designated area”; and
b
an order under this section is referred to as a “designation order”.
Pt. III (ss. 60-92) amended (24.9.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 221(1)(c), 232(2)