Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 9 applied (23.12.2016) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1267), arts. 1(2), 8(4)
C2Pt. IX (ss. 226-246) modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III paras. 15(1), 20 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2
C3Pt. 9 applied (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 21(4)
C4Pt. 9 applied (17.3.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(2), 9(2)
If the Secretary of State certifies that possession of a house which—
(a)has been acquired or appropriated by a local authority for planning purposes, and
(b)is for the time being held by the authority for the purposes for which it was acquired or appropriated,
is immediately required for those purposes, nothing in the M1Rent Act 1977 or Part I of the M2Housing Act 1988 shall prevent the acquiring or appropriating authority from obtaining possession of the house.