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Housing Act 1988
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- (6) Compensation under the Land Compensation Act 1961, as applied by subsection (5) above and Part II of Schedule 9 to this Act, shall be assessed by reference to values current on the date the order under this section comes into force.
- (6A) No order shall be made under this section in relation to a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000).
- (6A) No order shall be made under this section in relation to a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011).
- (7) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument but no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
@@ -5505,7 +5505,7 @@
- (6) Where it is proposed to make an order under this paragraph extinguishing a public right of way over a road on land acquired for the purposes of this Act by a housing action trust and compensation in respect of restrictions imposed under section 1 or section 2 of the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935 in respect of that road has been paid by the highway authority (or, in the case of a trunk road, by the authority which, when the compensation was paid, was the authority for the purposes of section 4 of the Trunk Roads Act 1936), the order may provide for the payment by the housing action trust to that authority, in respect of the compensation so paid, of such sums as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may determine.
- (7) Where the Secretary of State makes an order under this paragraph on the application of a housing action trust, he shall send a copy of it to the universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) who provides a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Act) for the area in which the land is situated.
- (7) Where the Secretary of State makes an order under this paragraph on the application of a housing action trust, he shall send a copy of it to the universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) who provides a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Part) for the area in which the land is situated.
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#### Assured tenancies.
#### Tenant sharing accommodation with persons other than landlord.
#### Letting of a dwelling-house together with other land.
##### 6A
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- (5) Registered social landlord has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996.
#### Notice of proceedings for possession.
#### Additional notice requirements: ground of domestic violence.
#### The measure of damages.
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[^c12876751]: [1936 c. 5 (1 Edw. 8 & Geo. 6.)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8&Geo6/1/5)
[^c12876761]: Words in [Sch. 10 para. 9(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/10/paragraph/9/7) substituted (26.3.2001) by [S.I. 2001/1149](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1149), [art. 3(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1149/article/3/1), [Sch. 1 para. 75(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1149/schedule/1/paragraph/75/3)
[^c12876761]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 9(7) substituted (26.3.2001) by [S.I. 2001/1149](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1149), [art. 3(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1149/article/3/1), [Sch. 1 para. 75(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1149/schedule/1/paragraph/75/3)
[^c18753871]: Words in [Sch. 10 Pt. 2 para. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/10/part/2/paragraph/11) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 for further specified purposes) by [Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21), [ss. 406](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/406), [411](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/411), [Sch. 17 para. 94(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/17/paragraph/94/2) (with transitional provisions in [Sch. 18](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/18)); [S.I. 2003/1900](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/1/2), [2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/2/1), [3(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/3/1), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/schedule/1) (with [art. 3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/3/2) (as amended ([8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/8).[12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/12).[2003](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1900/article/2003)) by [S.I. 2003/3142](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142), [art. 1(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142/article/1/3))); [S.I. 2003/3142](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142), [art. 3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142/article/3/2) (with [art. 11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142/article/11))
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[^key-4833079ae9e75e1da79ea1f5bd9e466c]: [Sch. 10 para. 14(10)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/10/paragraph/14/10/b): transfer of functions (13.4.2011) by [Transfer of Functions (Media and Telecommunications etc.) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/741)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/741), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/741/article/1/2), [3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/741/article/3), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/741/schedule/1) (with [art. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/741/article/5))
[^key-cfe14b77c33878e0200936b43e3a22a2]: Words in [s. 76(6A)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/section/76/6A) substituted (1.10.2011) by [Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5), [s. 93(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/93/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/93/3), [Sch. 12 para. 129](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/schedule/12/paragraph/129); [S.I. 2011/2329](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2329), [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2329/article/3)
[^key-7ac563effd6b626ae8f7f8d88676abc3]: Words in [Sch. 10 para. 9(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/10/paragraph/9/7) substituted (1.10.2011) by [Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5), [s. 93(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/93/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/93/3), [Sch. 12 para. 130(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/schedule/12/paragraph/130/a); [S.I. 2011/2329](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2329), [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2329/article/3)
[^key-a34f639fc0d6eb71ae16ce8b807cf4d8]: Words in [Sch. 10 para. 9(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/10/paragraph/9/7) substituted (1.10.2011) by [Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5), [s. 93(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/93/2)[(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/93/3), [Sch. 12 para. 130(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/schedule/12/paragraph/130/b); [S.I. 2011/2329](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2329), [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2329/article/3)
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#### Consultation and publicity.
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#### Provisions as to reversions on assured tenancies.
#### Provisions as to reversions on assured tenancies.
#### Restriction on levy of distress for rent.
#### Damages for unlawful eviction.
#### Damages for unlawful eviction.
#### The measure of damages.
#### Determinations under Part II.
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#### Jurisdiction of county courts.
#### Statutory tenants: succession.
#### Jurisdiction of county courts.
#### Determinations under Part II.
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For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.
#### Reference of excessive rents to rent assessment committee.
#### Assured agricultural occupancies.
#### New restricted contracts limited to transitional cases.
#### Termination of rent assessment committee’s functions.
#### Security of tenure.
#### No further assured tenancies under Housing Act 1980.
#### Consultation and publicity.
#### Vesting by order in housing action trust.
#### Tax relief grants.
#### Surplus rental income.
#### Interpretation of Part III.
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#### Interpretation of Part II and amendments of Housing Associations Act 1985.
#### Housing action trust areas.
#### Supplementary provisions as to transfer orders.
#### Disposals made without consent.
#### Consultation and publicity.
#### Vesting by order in housing action trust.
#### Consent required for certain subsequent disposals.
#### Provision of legal assistance to tenants after disposal.
#### Rents generally.
#### Right conferred by Part IV.
#### Increase of rent where tenancy not secure.
#### Persons by whom right may be exercised.
#### Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.
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#### Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.
#### Repair notices.
#### Consent required for certain subsequent disposals: Scotland.
#### Letting conditions applicable to improvement grants etc.
#### Consultation before disposal: Scotland.
For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.
For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.
For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “*charitable housing trust*” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993.
For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.
For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.
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