http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/9/section/26/2010-04-01Local Government Act 1988An Act to secure that local and other public authorities undertake certain activities only if they can do so competitively; to regulate certain functions of local and other public authorities in connection with public supply or works contracts; to authorise and regulate the provision of financial assistance by local authorities for certain housing purposes; to prohibit the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities; to make provision about local authorities’ publicity, local government administration, the powers of auditors, land held by public bodies, direct labour organisations, arrangements under the Employment and Training Act 1973, the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland, the auditing of accounts of local authorities in Scotland, and dog registration, dog licences and stray dogs; and for connected purposes.1988-03-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-12Expert Participation2010-04-01 Part III Privately Let Housing Accommodation Consents under section 25.261A consent given for the purposes of section 25 above—amay be given either unconditionally or subject to conditions;bmay be given in relation to a particular case or in relation to such description of cases (including cases described by reference to a particular local authority or a particular manner of providing assistance or benefits) as may be specified in the consent; andcexcept in relation to anything already done or agreed to be done on the authority of the consent, may be varied or revoked by a notice given or published by the Secretary of State in such manner as he may consider appropriate.2In determining whether to give a consent for the purposes of section 25 above in relation to any assistance or benefit or whether to vary or revoke a consent so given, and in determining to what (if any) conditions such a consent should be subject, the Secretary of State—ashall take into account the extent (if any) to which, and the circumstances in which, it is appropriate, in his opinion, that a local authority should bear the financial burden and risks of acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, improving, maintaining or managing any of the property in relation to which assistance or benefits might be provided by virtue of the consent; andbmay take into account any other matter whatever which he considers relevant.2ABefore determining whether to consent under section 25 to the exercise of a power, the Secretary of State shall consult the Regulator of Social Housing if—athe power is to be exercised by a local authority in England, andbexercise of the power would involve the disposal by the authority of social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008).3Where before the passing of this Act any statement has been made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State—athat, if an enactment were in force requiring his consent to a person’s being provided by a local authority with assistance or benefits of any description, he would give his consent for the purposes of that enactment in relation to any matter or would so give his consent subject to certain conditions; andbthat, if any such enactment is passed, his statement is to be treated as a consent for the purposes of that enactment,that statement shall have effect, both for the purposes of subsection (4) of section 25 above and after the passing of this Act, as if it were a consent given for the purposes of that section on the conditions (if any) specified in the statement.4Where a consent given for the purposes of section 25 above or a statement such as is mentioned in subsection (3) above relates, in whole or in part, to any assistance or benefits provided before the consent was given or the statement made, that consent or statement shall have effect for the purposes of this section and that section—aas if the consent had been given, or the statement made, before the assistance or benefits were provided; andbin the case of a consent relating to any assistance or benefits provided before the passing of this Act, as if the consent had been such a statement;but a consent or statement having effect in accordance with this subsection shall not affect any interest deriving from, or impose any liability in respect of, any disposal of property which was made before the giving of the consent or the making of the statement and was made by a person who, apart from paragraphs (a) and (b) above, had power to make it by virtue of section 25(3) or (4) above.5Where a consent to a disposal of land by a local authority has been given for the purposes of section 25 above or any such statement as is mentioned in subsection (3) above has effect as such a consent then, if the consent given for the purposes of section 25 above so provides, no further consent of the Secretary of State to that disposal shall (if the disposal is after the passing of this Act) be required by virtue of—asection 26(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1959 or section 74(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (disposal of land for less than the best price etc.);bsection 123(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 (disposal of land by certain local authorities); orcsection 32(2) or 43(1) of the Housing Act 1985 or section 12 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (disposal of land held for housing purposes and of certain other land).6Subsection (3) above and, in so far as they relate to a statement such as is mentioned in that subsection, subsections (4) and (5) above shall not extend to Scotland.Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 132(7)1959 c. 53. 1973 c. 65. 1972 c. 70. 1985 c. 68. 1987 c. 26. Ss. 24-26 repealed (S.) (1.4.2010) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), s. 195(3), sch. 7 (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2009/122, art. 3S. 26(2A) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 20
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">
<Addition ChangeId="key-7ae357497360bd017833d04a5dd7aff3-1491986951953" CommentaryRef="key-7ae357497360bd017833d04a5dd7aff3">exercise of the power would involve the disposal by the authority of social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008).</Addition>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">3</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Where before the passing of this Act any statement has been made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State—</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">a</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">that, if an enactment were in force requiring his consent to a person’s being provided by a local authority with assistance or benefits of any description, he would give his consent for the purposes of that enactment in relation to any matter or would so give his consent subject to certain conditions; and</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">b</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">that, if any such enactment is passed, his statement is to be treated as a consent for the purposes of that enactment,</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">that statement shall have effect, both for the purposes of subsection (4) of section 25 above and after the passing of this Act, as if it were a consent given for the purposes of that section on the conditions (if any) specified in the statement.</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">4</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Where a consent given for the purposes of section 25 above or a statement such as is mentioned in subsection (3) above relates, in whole or in part, to any assistance or benefits provided before the consent was given or the statement made, that consent or statement shall have effect for the purposes of this section and that section—</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">as if the consent had been given, or the statement made, before the assistance or benefits were provided; and</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">in the case of a consent relating to any assistance or benefits provided before the passing of this Act, as if the consent had been such a statement;</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">but a consent or statement having effect in accordance with this subsection shall not affect any interest deriving from, or impose any liability in respect of, any disposal of property which was made before the giving of the consent or the making of the statement and was made by a person who, apart from paragraphs (a) and (b) above, had power to make it by virtue of section 25(3) or (4) above.</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">5</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Where a consent to a disposal of land by a local authority has been given for the purposes of section 25 above or any such statement as is mentioned in subsection (3) above has effect as such a consent </Repeal>
<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p3213" CommentaryRef="c13395191">then, if the consent given for the purposes of section 25 above so provides</Addition>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">, no further consent of the Secretary of State to that disposal shall (if the disposal is after the passing of this Act) be required by virtue of—</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">a</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">section 26(4) of the </Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Town and Country Planning Act 1959 or section 74(2) of the </Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (disposal of land for less than the best price </Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">section 123(2) of the </Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Local Government Act 1972 (disposal of land by certain local authorities); or</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">section 32(2) or 43(1) of the </Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (disposal of land held for housing purposes and of certain other land).</Repeal>
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<Repeal ChangeId="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63-1491986810502" CommentaryRef="key-cef1bc3d2ec8fb3cb2b08fa2c9a99c63" RetainText="true" Extent="S">Subsection (3) above and, in so far as they relate to a statement such as is mentioned in that subsection, subsections (4) and (5) above shall not extend to Scotland.</Repeal>
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<Text>
Words inserted by
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,
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<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1959/53" id="c00834" Year="1959" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="53">1959 c. 53</Citation>
.
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</Commentary>
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<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65" id="c00835" Year="1973" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="65">1973 c. 65</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
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<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70" id="c00836" Year="1972" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="70">1972 c. 70</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
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<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/68" id="c00837" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="68">1985 c. 68</Citation>
.
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</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c13395241" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/26" id="c00838" Year="1987" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="26">1987 c. 26</Citation>
.
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</Para>
</Commentary>
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<Para>
<Text>
Ss. 24-26 repealed (S.) (1.4.2010) by
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,
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,
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(with
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);
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2009/122" id="cj11lh982-00010" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="122" Title="Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No.7, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009">S.S.I. 2009/122</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cj11lh982-00011" CitationRef="cj11lh982-00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2009/122/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>
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<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cj11p1ot2-00006" SectionRef="section-26-2A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/9/section/26/2A">S. 26(2A)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.4.2010) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/844" id="cj11p1ot2-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="844" Title="The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010">The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cj11p1ot2-00008" CitationRef="cj11p1ot2-00007" SectionRef="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/844/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
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