Housing Act 1964

98 Extension of exchequer subsidies for new houses provided by Scottish Special Housing Association

(1) Subject to the provisions of Part I of the Act of 1962—

(a) an annual exchequer subsidy shall be payable under the said Part I in respect of each new house provided by the Scottish Special Housing Association in the circumstances specified in paragraph (c) of section 23(1) of the Scottish Act of 1957 (which paragraph is set out in subsection (2) of this section) and in accordance with proposals approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the said Part I, and

(b) the amount of such subsidy shall be forty-two pounds ;

and accordingly, in sections 1(1)(e) and 2(1)(d) of the Act. of 1962 (which sections provide for the payment and amount of annual exchequer subsidies), after the words " paragraph (b)" there shall be inserted the words " or paragraph (c) ".

(2) Section 23(1) of the Scottish Act of 1957 (in paragraphs (a) and (b) of which are specified the circumstances in which new houses must be provided by the Scottish Special Housing Association in order that exchequer subsidies may be payable in respect of them under Part I of the Act of 1962) shall have effect as if at the end thereof there were inserted the following— “or

(c) houses provided in the district of any local authority in accordance with arrangements made with the approval of the Secretary of State as being desirable by reason of special circumstances for the provision of housing accommodation in any area for persons coming to that area in order to meet the urgent needs of industry, and so coming wholly, or, in the case of the council of a county (other than a county of a city), wholly or partly, from outside the district of the authority”.