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

PART 3 HOUSING ACTION TRUSTS

Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

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.”

Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (c. 10)

8 In section 3(5C) of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (hazardous substances authorities) omit “or (5)”.

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

9 In Schedule 8 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, in paragraph 9—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (1) (amendment to Part 3 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50));

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “that Act” substitute “the Housing Act 1988”.

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

10 In Schedule 3 to the Housing Act 1996 (social rented sector: minor amendments), omit paragraph 11.

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

11 In Schedule 17 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 omit paragraph 3 (housing action trusts in Wales).

Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

12 In Schedule 10 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 omit paragraph 33 (insertion of paragraph 5(3) into Schedule 8 to the Housing Act 1988) and the italic heading before it.

Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48)

13 In section 53(9) of the Police and Justice Act 2006 omit paragraph (c) (“relevant Welsh landlord” includes housing action trust).

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)

14 In section 20(1) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (interpretation etc.), in the definition of “housing provider”, at the beginning of paragraph (b) insert “in relation to England,”.

Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)

15 In Schedule 22 to the Deregulation Act 2015 omit paragraph 9 (designation of housing action trust areas: consultation in relation to Wales) and the italic heading before it.

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)

16 (1) The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 9(2) (community landlords), omit paragraph (c).

(3) In section 243 (meaning of “local authority” etc.), omit subsection (4).

(4) In section 253 (index), in table 2 omit the entry for a housing action trust.

(5) In Schedule 3 (occupation contracts which may be standard contracts), in paragraph 7(2) omit paragraph (c).

Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1)

17 In Schedule 15 to the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017—

(a) in paragraph 2(3) (discounted sales by public sector bodies), omit paragraph (e);

(b) in paragraph 9(3) (bodies granting shared ownership leases), omit paragraph (c);

(c) in paragraph 10(8) (beneficiaries of shared ownership trusts), omit paragraph (c);

(d) in paragraph 19(3) (sales to registered social landlords), in the definition of “qualifying body”, omit paragraph (b).