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Housing Bill

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Other duties of person acting as estate agent

130   

Other duties of person acting as estate agent

Exceptions from the duties

131   

Residential properties not available with vacant possession

132   

Power to provide for further exceptions

Contents of home information packs

133   

Contents of home information packs

134   

Home condition reports

Enforcement

135   

Enforcement authorities

136   

Power to require production of home information packs

137   

Penalty charge notices

138   

Offences relating to enforcement officers

139   

Right of private action

Supplementary

140   

Restrictions on disclosure or use of home information pack

141   

Application of Part to sub-divided buildings

142   

Office of Fair Trading

143   

Grants

144   

Interpretation of Part 5

145   

Index of defined expressions: Part 5

Part 6

Other provisions about housing

Chapter 1

Secure tenancies

Introductory tenancies

146   

Extension of introductory tenancies

Right to buy: when exercisable

147   

Extension of qualifying period for right to buy

148   

Exceptions to the right to buy: houses due to be demolished

Right to buy: discounts

149   

Repayment of discount: periods and amounts applicable

150   

Repayment of discount: increase attributable to home improvements to be

disregarded

151   

Deferred resale agreements

 
 

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Right to buy: landlord’s right of first refusal

152   

Right of first refusal for landlord etc.

Right to buy: information

153   

Information to help tenants decide whether to exercise right to buy etc.

Right to buy: termination of rent to mortgage scheme

154   

Termination of rent to mortgage scheme

Suspension of certain rights in connection with anti-social behaviour

155   

Secure tenancies: withholding of consent to mutual exchange

156   

Right to buy: suspension of landlord’s obligation to complete

157   

Disclosure of information as to orders etc. in respect of anti-social behaviour

Chapter 2

Discounts on disposals not involving right to buy

Discounts on disposals by local authorities

158   

Repayment of discount: periods and amounts applicable

159   

Repayment of discount: increase attributable to home improvements to be

disregarded

160   

Deferred resale agreements

Discounts on disposals by registered social landlords

161   

Repayment of discount: periods and amounts payable

162   

Repayment of discount: deferred resale agreements

Discounts on disposals by housing action trusts

163   

Repayment of discount: periods and amounts payable

164   

Repayment of discount: deferred resale agreements

Chapter 3

Miscellaneous

Succession between same sex partners

165   

Succession to certain tenancies by same sex partners

Grants for social housing

166   

Additional power to give grants for social housing

Disabled facilities grant

167   

Disabled facilities grant: caravans

 
 

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Annual reports by local housing authorities

168   

Removal of duty on local housing authorities to send annual reports to

tenants etc.

Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales

169   

Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales

Part 7

Supplementary and final provisions

Register of licences and management orders

170   

Register of licences and management orders

Codes of practice and management regulations relating to HMOs

171   

Approval of codes of practice with regard to the management of HMOs

172   

Management regulations in respect of HMOs

Information provisions

173   

Power to require documents to be produced

174   

Enforcement of powers to obtain information

175   

Use of information obtained for certain other statutory purposes

176   

False or misleading information

Enforcement

177   

Powers of entry

178   

Warrant to authorise entry

179   

Penalty for obstruction

180   

Additional notice requirements for protection of owners

Documents

181   

Power to prescribe forms

182   

Power to dispense with notices

183   

Service of documents

184   

Licences and other documents in electronic form

185   

Timing and location of things done electronically

186   

Proof of designations

Other supplementary provisions

187   

Orders and regulations

188   

Offences by bodies corporate

189   

Power to up-rate level of fines for certain offences

190   

Local inquiries

Meaning of "house in multiple occupation"

191   

Meaning of “house in multiple occupation”

 
 

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192   

HMOs: houses and other relevant buildings

193   

HMOs: certain converted blocks of flats

194   

HMOs: persons not forming a single household

195   

HMOs: persons treated as occupying premises as only or main residence

Other general interpretation provisions

196   

Meaning of “appropriate national authority”, “local housing authority” etc.

197   

Meaning of “lease”, “tenancy”, “occupier” and “owner” etc.

198   

Meaning of “person having control” and “person managing” etc.

Final provisions

199   

Minor and consequential amendments

200   

Repeals

201   

Devolution: Wales

202   

The Isles of Scilly

203   

Expenses

204   

Short title, commencement and extent

Schedule 1   —   

Procedure and appeals relating to improvement notices

Part 1   —   

Service of improvement notices

Part 2   —   

Service of notices relating to revocation or variation of

improvement notice

Part 3   —   

Appeals relating to improvement notices

Schedule 2   —   

Procedure and appeals relating to prohibition orders

Part 1   —   

Service of copies of prohibition orders

Part 2   —   

Service of notices relating to revocation or variation of

prohibition order

Part 3   —   

Appeals relating to prohibition orders

Schedule 3   —   

Improvement notices: enforcement action by local housing

authorities

Part 1   —   

Taking of action by agreement

Part 2   —   

Powers to take action without agreement

Part 3   —   

Recovery of certain expenses

Schedule 4   —   

Licences under Parts 2 and 3: mandatory conditions

Schedule 5   —   

Licences under Parts 2 and 3: procedure and appeals

Part 1   —   

Procedure relating to grant or refusal of licences

Part 2   —   

Procedure relating to variation or revocation of licences

Part 3   —   

Appeals against licence decisions

Schedule 6   —   

Management orders: procedure and appeals

Part 1   —   

Procedure relating to making of management orders

Part 2   —   

Procedure relating to variation or revocation of management

orders

Part 3   —   

Appeals against decisions relating to management orders

Schedule 7   —   

Penalty charge notices under section 137

Schedule 8   —   

New Schedule 2A to the Housing Act 1996

Schedule 9   —   

Buildings which are not HMOs (except in Part 1)

Schedule 10   —   

Minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 11   —   

Repeals

 
 

 
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