C1Part III Housing Action Trust Areas
Agency and dissolution
87 Agency agreements.
1
With the approval of the Secretary of State, a housing action trust may enter into an agreement with another person whereby, in relation to any housing accommodation or other land held by the trust which is specified in the agreement, that other person shall exercise, as agent of the trust, such of the functions of the trust as are so specified.
2
An agreement under subsection (1) above shall set out the terms on which the functions of the housing action trust are exercisable by the person who, under the agreement, is the agent of the trust (in this Part of this Act referred to as “the agent”).
3
Where the agent is a body or association, an agreement under subsection (1) above may provide that the functions of the agent under the agreement may be performed by a committee or sub-committee, or by an officer, of the body or association.
4
The approval of the Secretary of State under subsection (1) above may be given unconditionally or subject to conditions.
5
References in this section to the functions of a housing action trust in relation to housing accommodation or other land include—
a
functions conferred by any statutory provision, and
b
the powers and duties of the trust as holder of an estate or interest in the housing accommodation or land in question.
Pt. III (ss. 60-92) amended (24.9.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 221(1)(c), 232(2)