Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART II E+W PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)

C2 Pt. II (ss. 8-57) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9(4)(a); S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I

Powers of county councils E+W

29 Provision of accommodation for employees of county councils. E+W

(1) A county council may provide houses for persons employed or paid by, or by a statutory committee of, the council.

(2) For that purpose the council may acquire or appropriate land in the same way as a local housing authority may acquire or appropriate land for the purposes of this Part; and land so acquired or appropriated may be disposed of by them in the same way as land held for the purposes of this Part.