SCHEDULES

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

Part II Amendments of Part IX

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In subsection (6) of that section for the word “house”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ residential building ”.

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After subsection (7) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

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In this section “residential building” has the same meaning as in section 289; and subsection (2A) of that section shall apply in determining whether a residential building containing one or more flats is unfit for human habitation for the purposes of subsection (4) as it applies for the purposes of that section.