SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Consequential Amendments

Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (c. 80)

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1

The Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 is amended as follows.

2

In section 5 (no statutory tenancy where landlord's interest belongs to certain authorities or bodies), in subsection (4) (certain housing associations) for the words from " belong to a housing association " to the end substitute—

belong to a housing association which—

a

is registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985, or

b

is a co-operative housing association within the meaning of that Act.

3

In section 27 (rehousing: application to housing authority), for subsection (3) substitute—

3

In this Act the ' housing authority concerned' is the local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985.

4

In Schedule 4 (grounds for possession of dwelling-house)—

a

in paragraph 4 of Case I (alternative accommodation privately provided: accommodation unsuitable if overcrowded), and

b

in Case XIII (dwelling-house overcrowded),

for "the Housing Act 1957" substitute " Part X of the Housing Act 1985 ".

5

In Schedule 5 (terms of statutory tenancy)—

a

in paragraph 6(1) (landlord's repairing obligations) and in paragraph 12(4)(b) (variation of statutory tenancy) for " section 32 of the Housing Act 1961 " substitute " section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 ";

b

in paragraph 6(2) for " the said section 32 " substitute " the said section 11 ".