PART 4Social housing in England

CHAPTER 1Implementing the right to buy on a voluntary basis

Amendments to other legislation

I167Consequential changes to HCA's duty to give grants

1

Section 35 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (duty to give financial assistance in respect of certain disposals) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

The HCA must exercise its powers under section 19 to give financial assistance by way of grant to a relevant provider of social housing in respect of any discount given by the provider by virtue of a person exercising the right to acquire conferred by section 180.

3

Omit subsection (2).

4

In subsection (3), for “(1)(a)” substitute “(1)”.

5

In subsection (5), omit paragraph (b).