Housing and Planning Act 2016

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5(1)Section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (consent to certain disposals of housing obtained from new town corporations) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)After subsection (1) insert—

(1ZA)Subsection (1) does not apply to a disposal of land by a private registered provider of social housing.

(3)In subsection (1A)—

(a)omit paragraph (a);

(b)in paragraph (b), for “any other” substitute “ a ”.

(4)In subsection (7), omit “section 148 or 172 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008,”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at 6.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/75, reg. 4