Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) E+W

7 (1) Part 3 of the Housing Act 1988 (housing action trust areas) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 60(1) (housing action trust areas), after “land” insert “in England”.

(3) In section 61 (consultation and publicity)—

(a) omit subsection (1);

(b) in subsection (2), omit “or secure contract-holders or introductory standard contract-holders”;

(c) omit subsection (6).

(4) In section 66(4) (planning control)—

(a) in paragraph (a) omit “Wales,”;

(b) in paragraph (b) after “land” insert “in England”.

(5) In section 75(3) (supplementary provision as to transfer orders), omit “, tenant who is a secure contract-holder or tenant who is an introductory standard contract-holder”.

(6) In section 79 (disposal of land)—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) omit “, a tenancy which is a secure contract or a tenancy which is an introductory standard contract”;

(ii) at the end of paragraph (za) insert “or”;

(iii) omit paragraph (a) and the “or” after it;

(b) in subsection (5A) omit “, tenancies which are secure contracts and tenancies which are introductory standard contracts”.

(7) in section 82 (legal assistance)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a) for “, introductory tenant, secure contract holder or introductory standard contract-holder” substitute “or the introductory tenant”;

(ii) in paragraph (b) for “, introductory tenant, secure contract-holder, or introductory standard contract-holder” substitute “or the introductory tenant”;

(b) in subsection (5), omit paragraph (b), and the “and” before it.

(8) In section 84 (provisions applicable to secure tenancies etc.)—

(a) in subsection (1)(a)—

(i) for “, introductory tenancies, tenancies which are secure contracts or tenancies which are introductory standard contracts” substitute “or introductory tenancies”;

(ii) for “, an introductory tenant, a tenant who is a secure contract-holder or a tenant who is an introductory contract-holder” substitute “or an introductory tenant”;

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) omit “the tenant who is the secure contract-holder, the tenant who is the introductory standard contract-holder,”;

(ii) in paragraph (c) omit “tenant who is a secure contract-holder, tenant who is an introductory contract-holder,”.

(9) In section 84A (transfer by order)—

(a) in subsection (6) omit “a tenancy which is a secure contract, a tenancy which is an introductory standard contract,”;

(b) in subsection (7)(a) omit “tenancies which are secure contracts or tenancies which are introductory standard contracts”.

(10) In section 85 (rents), omit subsection (3).

(11) In section 86(1) (increase of rent), for “an introductory tenancy, or an occupation contract” substitute “or an introductory tenancy”.

(12) In section 92 (interpretation of Part 3), omit subsection (1A).

(13) In Schedule 8 (housing action trusts: finance etc.), in paragraph 5 for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) Any sums required by the Treasury for fulfilling a guarantee under this paragraph are to be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 10.9.2025, see s. 9(2)(d)