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| Thursday 17 December 2015 |
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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| Amendments tabled since the last publication: 74-106 and NC39-NC58 |
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| Housing and Planning Bill, As Amended
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| | This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any |
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| | withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in |
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| | accordance with the Housing and Planning Bill (Programme (No. 2)) Motion to be |
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| | proposed by Secretary Greg Clark. |
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| New Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments relating to Part 1 |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Building Control Standards for Starter Homes |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State shall by regulations require all starter homes meeting the |
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| | definition at section 2 to meet the requirements of this section. |
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| | (2) | The requirements are that— |
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| | (a) | the starter home complies with all the requirements of Building |
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| | Regulations currently applicable to the dwelling at the time of its |
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| | construction or adaptation; |
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| | (b) | the starter home has been inspected by a Building Control Body in |
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| | compliance with the Building Control Performance Standards currently |
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| | applicable at the time of its construction or adaptation; and |
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| | (c) | all records relating to all site inspections and assessments by the Building |
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| | Control Body regarding the home’s compliance with the Building |
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| | Regulations are made available to prospective buyers of the starter |
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| | This new Clause would require all Starter Homes not only to be subject to the statutory regime of |
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| | building inspection controls, carried out in compliance with the Building Control Performance |
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| | Standards, but also to comply with a requirement for site inspection records and the assessment of |
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| | compliance to be made available to home buyers. |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Duty to meet the resilience objective |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State and planning authorities in exercising and performing the |
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| | powers and functions conferred or imposed by the provisions in Part 1 (New |
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| | homes in England) and Part 6 (Planning in England) of this Act shall exercise or |
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| | perform them in the manner which he or they consider is best calculated to further |
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| | the resilience objective at subsection (2). |
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| | (2) | The resilience objective is— |
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| | (a) | to secure the long-term resilience of housing developments as regards |
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| | environmental pressures, population growth and changes in consumer |
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| | behaviour, with particular regard to water supply management, sewerage |
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| | management, flood risk mitigation and waste disposal, and |
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| | (b) | to secure steps for the purpose of meeting, in the long term, the need for |
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| | sustainable homes and communities, including by promoting— |
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| | (i) | appropriate long-term planning and investment by relevant |
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| | (ii) | the taking of measures by the relevant parties to manage resource |
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| | use in sustainable ways, to achieve sustainable management of |
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| | water, and to increase resource efficiency so as to reduce |
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| | pressure on the natural environment. |
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| | (3) | In this section, “relevant parties” includes— |
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| | (a) | relevant undertakers, including licence holders and authorised suppliers, |
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| | as provided in the Gas Act 1986, the Electricity Act 1989 and the Water |
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| | (b) | individuals and bodies corporate who are seeking planning permission in |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new Clause would provide a statutory duty on the Secretary of State and local authorities to |
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| | secure and promote the resilience of housing and other development. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, after “promote”, insert “new homes across all tenures, |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would change the purpose of the Bill to one that would enable the supply of more |
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| | housing across all tenures rather than just starter homes. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 7, at end insert “and the infrastructure needed to support such |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would ensure that additional housing is supported with adequate infrastructure. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 12, leave out “at a discount of at least 20% of the market |
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| value” and insert “at a price no higher than is affordable to a household receiving the |
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| median local household income, with affordability to be determined by the local |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would ensure that starter homes are affordable at locally-determined rates of |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | is not to be sold to buy-to-let investors” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would exclude “Buy to Let Property ” from the definition of starter home. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | is built on under-used or unviable brownfield sites not currently identified for |
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| | housing on public and private land, as determined by the local authority.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would limit starter homes to ‘exception sites’, as previously announced by the |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | “(d) | lives or works locally, with the definition of local to be defined by the |
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| | local authority or the Greater London Authority in London.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would ensure that a proportion of starter homes are available to local people. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 22, after “State”, insert “after consultation with the relevant |
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| local authority or local authorities and the Mayor of London.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would provide that the price cap can only be amended after consultation with the |
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| | relevant local authorities and the Mayor of London. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 25, at end insert—
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| “the discount must remain in perpetuity.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would require the discount to remain in perpetuity. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 28, after “starter homes” insert “or alternative affordable |
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| home ownership products, such as rent to buy” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would ensure that new developments provide a mix of affordable home ownership |
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| | products for first time buyers, to further widen opportunities for home ownership. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 28, at end insert “except where the local authority considers |
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| that providing starter homes would prevent other types of affordable housing being built.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would enable local authorities to be able to ask for planning gain measures that |
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| | provide for a range of affordable homes other than starter homes. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 13, at end insert “and which has been subject to a full |
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| assessment of the need for starter homes in the relevant local authority area.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would ensure that priority is not given to the provision of starter homes in a given |
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| | area before a full assessment of the number of such homes needed has taken place. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 18, at end insert—
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| “The regulations may provide that sites can be exempted from the requirement to promote |
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| starter homes where a site has a scheme that— |
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| | (a) | is a “build to rent” scheme; |
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| | (b) | contains supported housing for younger people, older people, people |
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| | with special needs and people with disabilities; |
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| | (c) | contains a homeless hostel; |
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| | (d) | contains refuge accommodation; or |
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| | (e) | contains specialist housing.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would remove sites from the starter homes requirement where other types of |
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| | affordable housing has already been planned for. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 31, at end insert “which must be displayed on the authority’s |
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| website and updated annually, contain information on all types of affordable housing, and |
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| include information that starter homes remain to be sold at 20% below market value.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would require local planning authorities to report on their functions in respect of |
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| | starter homes, affordable housing more generally, and that starter homes remain to be sold below |
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| | market value annually and to publish the report. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 40, at end insert “and to demonstrate that the land in question |
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| is not needed for employment, retail, leisure, industrial or distribution use.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would empower the Secretary of State to require data on the extent to which land |
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| | used for starter homes was not needed for employment, retail, leisure, industrial or distribution |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Page 4, line 1, leave out Clause 6 |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would remove Clause 6 from the Bill. |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 4, after “starter homes” insert “or alternative affordable |
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| home ownership products such as rent to buy” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would ensure that new developments provide a mix of affordable home ownership |
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| | products for first time buyers, to further widen opportunities for home ownership. |
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 36, at end insert “and without unreasonable cost.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would prevent local authorities having to bring forward sites that are deemed to |
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| | be at an unreasonable cost. |
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| New clauses, new schedules and amendments relating to the following: |
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| (a) Chapter 3 of Part 4; (b) the recovery of social housing assistance; (c) |
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| the insolvency of social housing providers; (d) Part 2; (e) Part 3 |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Reducing social housing regulation |
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| | Schedule (Reducing social housing regulation) contains amendments to reduce |
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| | the regulation of social housing.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new Clause and NS1 make various amendments to reduce the regulation of social housing. |
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| To move the following Schedule— |
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| | “Reducing social housing regulation |
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| | Removal of disposal consent requirements |
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| | 1 (1) | Section 171D of the Housing Act 1985 (consent to certain disposals of housing |
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| | obtained subject to the preserved right to buy) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After subsection (2) insert— |
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| | “(2ZA) | Subsection (2) does not apply to a disposal of land by a private |
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| | registered provider of social housing.” |
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| | (b) | in paragraph (b), for “any other” substitute “a”. |
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| | 2 | The Housing Act 1988 is amended as follows. |
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| | 3 (1) | Section 81 (consent to certain disposals of housing obtained from housing |
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| | action trusts) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In subsection (1), for “section 79(2)(za) or (a)” substitute “section 79(2)(a)”. |
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| | (b) | in paragraph (b), for “any other” substitute “a”. |
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| | (4) | In subsection (7), omit “section 148 or 172 of the Housing and Regeneration |
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| | 4 (1) | Section 133 (consent to certain disposals of housing obtained from local |
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| | (b) | in paragraph (b), for “any other” substitute “a”. |
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| | (3) | For subsection (1B) substitute— |
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| | “(1B) | This section does not apply if the original disposal was made to a |
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| | private registered provider of social housing.” |
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| | (4) | In subsection (7), omit “section 148 or 172 of the Housing and Regeneration |
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| | Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) |
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| | 5 (1) | Section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (consent to |
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| | certain disposals of housing obtained from new town corporations) is amended |
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