SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 3A E+W Consultation before Disposal to Private Sector Landlord]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3A inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 6(2)(3), Sch. 1

[F1 Consent to be withheld if majority of tenants are opposed] E+W

5 (1) The Secretary of State shall not give his consent if it appears to him that a majority of the tenants of the dwelling-houses to which the application relates do not wish the disposal to proceed; but this does not affect his general discretion to refuse consent on grounds relating to whether a disposal has the support of the tenants or on any other ground.

(2) In making his decision the Secretary of State may have regard to any information available to him; and the local authority shall give him such information as to the representations made to them by tenants and others, and other relevant matters, as he may require.