Section 39 (duty to rehouse residential occupiers) is amended as follows.

In subsection (6) for the words from “any such order” onwards substitute “ a housing order within paragraph (b) of that subsection unless he was residing in the accommodation in question at the time when the order was made. ”

In subsection (6A) for the words from “the acceptance” onwards substitute “ the carrying out of any improvement to a house or building unless he is permanently displaced from the residential accommodation in question in consequence of the carrying out of that improvement. ”

In subsection (9) omit “or undertaking”.