Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/9/part/III
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 15:12:58
Document Index: 159200357

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1']

[F1(1)Subject to section 25 below, a local housing authority shall have power to provide any person with financial assistance for the purposes of, or in connection with, the acquisition, construction, conversion, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or management (whether by that person or by another) of any property which is or is intended to be privately let as housing accommodation.
(4)Neither section 438 of the M1Housing Act 1985 (local authority mortgage interest rates) nor section 219 of the M2Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (local authority home-loan interest rates) shall apply in relation to anything done under this section.
(5)In the M3Housing Associations Act 1985—
“housing accommodation”, in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in Part II of the M4Housing Act 1985;
“landlord”, in relation to a person whose occupation of any property is in pursuance of a lease or statutory tenancy, has the same meaning as in the M5Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 or, in Scotland, the M6Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 and, in relation to a person whose occupation is in pursuance of a licence, means the person who for the time being owns the interest in right of which the licence was granted;
(b)in relation to Scotland, means a [F4council constituted under section 2 of the Local Goverment etc. (Scotland) Act 1994];
(b)in relation to Scotland, means [F5 a local authority];
(b)a joint board or joint committee within the meaning of the M7Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;
(d)a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the M8New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
(a)in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the M9Housing Act 1985;
(b)in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the M10Rent (Scotland) Act 1984.]
F1Ss. 24-26 repealed (S.) (1.4.2010) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), s. 195(3), sch. 7 (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2009/122, art. 3
F2S. 24(5)(a)(c) repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 227, Sch. 19 Pt. I; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3
F3S. 24(5)(b) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18
F4S. 24(6): words in definition of “local authority” substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 156(5)(a); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
F5S. 24(6): words in definition of “local housing authority” substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 156(5)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
M61984 c. 58.
M101984 c. 58.
[F1(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, a local authority shall neither—
(b)so exercise any other power [F6(whether conferred before or after the passing of this Act)] as to provide any person, for the purposes of or in connection with the matters mentioned in subsection (1) of that section, with any financial assistance or with any gratuitous benefit,
[F7(b)the assistance or benefit is provided in consequence of, or in connection with, the making by the authority, or by persons who include the authority, of a requirement under [F8section 41 or 98 of the Water Industry Act 1991] for the provision of a water main or public sewer;]
(c)the assistance or benefit is provided under [F9section 257(3) of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 195(3) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006] or section 16A(3)(b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (power to make payments to voluntary organisations out of sums received from health authorities);
(d)the assistance or benefit is provided in exercise of any power the expenses of exercising which are recoverable under Schedule 10 to the M11Housing Act 1985 or Schedule 9 to the M12Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (recovery of expenses of carrying out works required to be carried out by a repair notice, . . . F10 or a notice relating to a house in multiple occupation);
(e)the assistance or benefit is provided in consequence of, or in connection with, the service . . . F11 of an improvement order under Part IV of the said Act of 1987, . . . F11; or
(ii)sections 379 to 394 of the said Act of 1985 or sections 178 to 190 of the said Act of 1987 (powers exercisable pursuant to the making of a control order);F12. . .
(iii)Parts XIV to XVI of the said Act of 1985 or Parts XII to XIV of the said Act of 1987 (loans and grants for, and assistance with, the acquisition, improvement, repair and conversion of housing)[F13 or
F6Words inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 194(1), Sch. 11 para. 96
F7S. 25(2)(b) substituted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 79(2), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
F8Words in s. 25(2)(b) substituted (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 2(1), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 48
F9Words in s. 25(2)(c) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 103 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F10Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F11Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F12Word in s. 25(2)(f)(ii) repealed (19.7.2002) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(2), 15, Sch. 6
F13S. 25(2)(f)(iv) and preceding word inserted (19.7.2002) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 1 para. 3
C1S. 25 excluded (11.9.1996 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.12.1997) by 1996 c. 53, s. 132(7); S.I. 1996/2352, art. 2(2); S.I. 1997/2846, art. 2
M121987 c. 26.
[F1(1)A consent given for the purposes of section 25 above—
[F14(2A)Before determining whether to consent under section 25 to the exercise of a power, the Secretary of State shall consult the Regulator of Social Housing if—
(5)Where a consent to a disposal of land by a local authority has been given for the purposes of section 25 above or any such statement as is mentioned in subsection (3) above has effect as such a consent [F15then, if the consent given for the purposes of section 25 above so provides], no further consent of the Secretary of State to that disposal shall (if the disposal is after the passing of this Act) be required by virtue of—
(a)section 26(4) of the M13Town and Country Planning Act 1959 or section 74(2) of the M14Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (disposal of land for less than the best price etc.);
(b)section 123(2) of the M15Local Government Act 1972 (disposal of land by certain local authorities); or
(c)section 32(2) or 43(1) of the M16Housing Act 1985 or section 12 of the M17Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (disposal of land held for housing purposes and of certain other land).
F14S. 26(2A) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 20
F15Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 132(7)
M131959 c. 53.
M171987 c. 26.