Housing finance
28.—(1) The relevant provisions shall have effect, in relation to functions falling to be discharged by or in relation to a shadow authority under those provisions before the reorganisation date and as regards a financial year beginning on or after the reorganisation date, as if the shadow authority were a local housing authority within the meaning of those provisions.
(2) In relation to functions falling to be discharged as mentioned in paragraph (1), the relevant provisions shall have effect as if a predecessor council were not a local housing authority.
(3) In this regulation “the relevant provisions” means—
(a)Part 6 of the 1989 Act (housing finance); and
(b)sections 171, 172, 173 (insofar as that section relates to a determination under section 171) and 175 of the Localism Act 2011 (limits on indebtedness).