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Local Government and Housing Act 1989

An Act to make provision with respect to the members, officers and otherstaff and the procedure of local authorities; to amend Part III of the LocalGovernment Act 1974 and Part II of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 and to provide for a national code of local government conduct; to makefurther provision about the finances and expenditure of local authorities(including provision with respect to housing subsidies) and about companiesin which local authorities have interests; to make provision for and inconnection with renewal areas, grants towards the cost of improvement andrepair of housing accommodation and the carrying out of works of maintenance,repair and improvement; to amend the Housing Act 1985 and Part III of theLocal Government Finance Act 1982; to make amendments of and consequentialupon Parts I, II and IV of the Housing Act 1988; to amend the Local GovernmentFinance Act 1988 and the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987and certain enactments relating, as respects Scotland, to rating andvaluation, and to provide for the making of grants; to make provision withrespect to the imposition of charges by local authorities; to make furtherprovision about certain existing grants and about financial assistance to andplanning by local authorities in respect of emergencies; to amend sections 102and 211 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; to amend the Local LandCharges Act 1975; to enable local authorities in Wales to be known solely byWelsh language names; to provide for the transfer of new town housing stock;to amend certain of the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 relatingto a secure tenant’s right to purchase his house; to amend section 47 of theRace Relations Act 1976; to confer certain powers on the Housing Corporation,Housing for Wales and Scottish Homes; to make provision about security oftenure for certain tenants under long tenancies; to provide for the making ofgrants and giving of guarantees in respect of certain activities carried onin relation to the construction industry; to provide for the repeal of certainenactments relating to improvement notices, town development and educationsupport grants; to make, as respects Scotland, further provision in relationto the phasing of progression to registered rent for houses let by housingassociations or Scottish Homes and in relation to the circumstances in whichrent increases under assured tenancies may be secured; and for connectedpurposes.

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Local Government and Housing Act 1989

s. 65(2)(b)(ii)

Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004

Sch. 2

para. 11

s. 73

art. 2

Sch. 1

Local Government and Housing Act 1989

s. 76A

76B

Wales Act 2014

s. 24(2)

s. 29(5)(b)

Local Government and Housing Act 1989

s. 87(1A)

Wales Act 2014

s. 24(5)

s. 29(5)(b)

Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Sch. 10 para. 5(4)(a)(b) and words

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

Sch. 9

para. 8(a)

s. 124(3)

Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Sch. 10

para. 5(4A)

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

Sch. 9

para. 8(b)

s. 124(3)

SCHEDULES

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

Part I Amendments of Part VI

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1

In section 191 (appeals against repair notices), in subsection (1A) after the words “dwelling-house” there shall be inserted “ house in multiple occupation ” and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

1B
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), it shall be a ground of appeal, in the case of a repair notice under section 189, that making a closing order under section 264 or a demolition order under section 265 is the most satisfactory course of action; and, where the grounds on which an appeal is brought are or include that specified in this subsection, the court, on the hearing of the appeal, shall have regard to any guidance given to the local housing authority under section 604A.

2

In subsection (3) of that section the words “(repair notice in respect of unfit dwelling-house)” shall be omitted and for the words from “the judge shall” onwards there shall be substituted— “ and the reason or one of the reasons for allowing the appeal is that making a closing order under section 264 or a demolition order under section 265 is the most satisfactory course of action, the judge shall, if requested to do so by the appellant or the local housing authority, include in his judgement a finding to that effect ”.

3

In subsection (3B) of that section after the words “dwelling-house”, in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted “ or house in multiple occupation ”.