Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

137 Disposals: transitional provisions

(1) The period beginning with the commencement of section 135 and ending with 31st March 1994 (in this section referred to as “the first financial year”) shall be treated as a financial year for the purposes of that section; but in relation to that period subsection (5) of that section shall not apply.

(2) If before the commencement of section 135 any statement was made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State—

(a) that, if that section were then in force, he would prepare under that section such disposals programmes for the first financial year as are set out in the statement, and

(b) that, when that section comes into force, he is to be regarded as having prepared under that section the programmes so set out,

those programmes shall have effect as if they had been validly made under that section at the time of the statement.

(3) Any determination or estimate made, or any approval given—

(a) before the commencement of section 135,

(b) before the making of such a statement as is mentioned in subsection (2), and

(c) in connection with the disposals programmes proposed to be set out in the statement,

shall be as effective, in relation to those programmes, as if that section had been in force at the time the determination or estimate was made, or the approval was given.

(4) If before the commencement of section 136 any statement was made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State—

(a) that, if that section were then in force, he would make under that section such determinations as are set out in the statement, and

(b) that, when that section comes into force, he is to be regarded as having made under that section the determinations set out in the statement,

those determinations shall have effect as if they had been validly made under that section at the time of the statement.

(5) Any consultation undertaken—

(a) before the commencement of section 136,

(b) before the making of such a statement as is mentioned in subsection (4), and

(c) in connection with determinations proposed to be set out in the statement,

shall be as effective, in relation to those determinations, as if that section had been in force at the time the consultation was undertaken.