SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 E+W Amendments of Parts VI, IX, XI, XVII and XVIII of the Housing Act 1985

Part II E+W Amendments of Part IX

29 (1) In section 300 (purchase of houses liable to be demolished or closed), in subsection (1)— E+W

(a) after the word “under” there shall be inserted “ section 264 or ”;

(b) for the word “house”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ dwelling-house (not being a flat), a house in multiple occupation (not being a flat in multiple occupation) or the whole of a building ”; and

(c) for the word “house”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ dwelling-house, house in multiple occupation or, as the case may be, building ”.

(2) In subsection (2) of that section—

(a) for the words “a house” there shall be substituted “ any premises ”; and

(b) in paragraph (b) for “269” there shall be substituted “ 269(1), (2), (3) and (6) ”.

(3) In subsection (3) of that section for the word “house” there shall be substituted “ dwelling-house, house in multiple occupation or building ”.