New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Act 1985

3 Housing transfer schemes: contents and vesting dates

(1) In section 44 of the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981 (contents of schemes for the transfer of dwellings and associated property, etc., to district councils)—

(a) in subsection (7), paragraphs (b) and (d) and the word " and " at the end of paragraph (c) shall be omitted; and

(b) after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(7A) A transfer scheme may—

(a) confer on the new town corporation a right, subject to subsection (7B) below, to nominate tenants of Housing Act dwellings of the district council (whether transferred or not and including any which are the subject of management arrangements) and specify the number or proportion of dwellings in respect of which the right is so conferred and the period for which it is to be exercisable;

(b) contain information about the effect of the scheme on the existing staff of the parties concerned and state proposals for staffing arrangements following the transfer and the protection of existing staff.

(7B) The corporation's right of nominating tenants shall be exercisable during the following period or periods—

(a) where the corporation are a development corporation, a period beginning with the date on which their interest in the transferred dwellings vests in the district council and ending with the date which is the transfer date for the purposes of Schedule 10 to this Act,

(b) where the corporation are the Commission and the dwellings in question were transferred from the development corporation to the district council, a period of 5 years beginning with that transfer date,

(c) where the corporation are the Commission and the dwellings in question were transferred from them to the district council, the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which the Commission's interest in the transferred dwellings vests in the district council,

or, in a case falling within paragraph (b) or (c) above, during such shorter period as may be agreed.”

(2) In section 47(1) of that Act (statutory vesting of property, etc. and date thereof), in paragraph (a), for the words " 1st April" there shall be substituted the words " 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st October ".

(3) In section 57 of that Act (definitions), after the definition of " dwelling of a new town ", there shall be inserted the following—

• “' Housing Act dwelling', with reference to a district council, means a dwelling provided (or treated by section 47(6) above as provided) by the council under Part V of the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957 ;”.