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Housing Act 1964

1964 CHAPTER 56

An Act to set up a new body to assist housing societies to provide housing accommodation, to confer powers and duties on local authorities to compel the carrying out of works for the improvement of dwellings which are without all or any of the standard amenities, to amend the law relating to the giving of financial assistance for the improvement of housing accommodation, to make further provision as to the powers and duties of local authorities as respects houses let in lodgings or occupied by more than one family, to amend the provisions of the Clean Air Act 1956 relating to the making of contributions to expenditure incurred in the adaptation of fireplaces in private dwellings, and to amend in other respects the law relating to housing.

[16th July 1964]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Functions of the Minister under this Act (except ss. 20(4), 46(7), 51(6)(7), 56(6), Sch. 1 and the giving of general directions under s. 57(6)) now exercisable (W.) by Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/319, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Pt. II para. 12(2)

Part IE+W+S

1—12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W+S

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13—44.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W+S

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45—49.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W+S

50—54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W+S

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55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5E+W+S

56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6E+W+S

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57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7E+W+S

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58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8E+W+S

59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9E+W+S

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60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10E+W+S

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61, 62.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11E+W+S

63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12E+W+S

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64—91.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F13Pt. IV (ss. 64–91), ss. 96, 102, 103, 106, 108(1)(a)(5), Schs. 1—4 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

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92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W+S

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93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F15S. 93 repealed, as respects payments for 1972–3 and subsequent years, by (S.) Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 46), s. 79(3), Sch. 8 para. 8(4), Sch. 11 Pt. III and (E.W.) Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47), s. 108(4), Sch. 8 para. 2 Table C, Sch. 11 Pt. III

94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16E+W+S

MiscellaneousE+W+S

F1795. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F17S. 95 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, ss. 67(3), 68(2), Sch.6.

96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F18Pt. IV (ss. 64–91), ss. 96, 102, 103, 106, 108(1)(a)(5), Schs. 1—4 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

97

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Textual Amendments

F19S. 97(1) repealed, as respects payments for 1972–3 and subsequent years, by Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47), s. 108(4), Sch. 11 Pt. III

98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21E+W+S

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F21S. 98 repealed, as respects payments for 1972–3 and subsequent years, by Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 46), s. 79(3), Sch. 11 Pt. III

99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22E+W+S

100 Amendment of s. 10(1) of Scottish Act of 1957.E+W+S

Section 10 of the Scottish Act of 1957 (which empowers a local authority to make a town development scheme for the carrying out of development in conjunction with any housing accommodation proposed to be provided in their district in pursuance of arrangements such as are mentioned in section 8(1) of that Act) shall empower a local authority to include in a town development scheme proposals for the carrying out of development in conjunction with any housing accommodation already provided in their district in pursuance of any such arrangements,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

[F24101†Power to counties and large burghs in Scotland to contribute towards expense of housing elderly, infirm or handicapped persons.E+W+S

(1)[F25A regional or islands council]in Scotland may make any contribution they think fit towards expenditure incurred by a local authority in connection with—

(a)the provision, maintenance and management, under the [F26M1Housing (Scotland) Act 1966], of housing accommodation for elderly, infirm or handicapped persons; and

(b)the exercise, in relation to housing accommodation so provided, or for the benefit of persons occupying such accommodation, of any of their functions under section [F26139, 140 or 141].

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27]

Textual Amendments

F26Words substituted by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 49), s. 212(5)

F27Pt. IV (ss. 64–91), ss. 96, 102, 103, 106, 108(1)(a)(5), Schs. 1—4 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Unreliable marginal note.

Marginal Citations

102, 103.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F28Pt. IV (ss. 64–91), ss. 96, 102, 103, 106, 108(1)(a)(5), Schs. 1—4 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

SupplementalE+W+S

104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29E+W+S

105. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30E+W+S

106. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F31Pt. IV (ss. 64–91), ss. 96, 102, 103, 106, 108(1)(a)(5), Schs. 1—4 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

107 General application to Scotland.E+W+S

The provisions of this section shall, in addition to any express provision for the application to Scotland of any provision of this Act, have effect for the general application of this Act to Scotland, that is to say—

(a)for any reference in this Act to a mortgage, a mortgagor or a mortgagee there shall be substituted respectively a reference to a heritable security, a debtor in a heritable security and the creditor in a heritable security;

(b)heritable security” has the same meaning in this Act as in the M2Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924 except that it includes a security constituted by ex facie absolute disposition or assignation;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

(d)—(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

108 Short title, citation, repeals, extent and commencement.E+W+S

(1)This Act may be cited as the Housing Act 1964, and—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

(b)the Housing (Scotland) Acts 1950 to 1962 and this Act may be cited together as the Housing (Scotland) Acts 1950 to 1964.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

(3)This Act, . . . F36, shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37, this Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULES 1—4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38E+W+S

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Textual Amendments

F38Pt. IV (ss. 64–91), ss. 96, 102, 103, 106, 108(1)(a)(5), Schs. 1—4 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

SCHEDULE 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39E+W+S

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