The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

3.  In Article 31 (provision of houses for sale)—

(a)for the heading and paragraph (1) substitute—

Housing development

31.(1) The Executive may construct houses for sale.

(1A) The Executive may, under Article 87, acquire land for the purposes of—

(a)paragraph (1); or

(b)disposing of the land to a person who intends—

(i)to construct houses on it,

(ii)to provide housing accommodation by the conversion, improvement, rehabilitation or repair of buildings on it, or

(iii)to use it for purposes which, in the opinion of the Executive are necessary or desirable for, or incidental to, the development of the land for housing purposes.;

(b)in paragraphs (2) and (5) for the words “paragraph (1)(b)” substitute “paragraph (1A)(b)”.