The Deregulation (Disposals of Dwelling-houses by Local Authorities) Order 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/367
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Disposals of Dwelling-houses by Local Authorities) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after that on which it is made.

Section 2 Amendment of section 135 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

(1) In the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act ”) section 135 (programme for disposals) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

(2A) The Secretary of State may prepare a disposals programme for any financial year.

(3) In subsections (3) the words “in any financial year” and “for that year” are omitted.

(4) After that subsection there is inserted—

(3A) Where the Secretary of State has included a disposal in a disposals programme for a financial year, a local authority may make a qualifying disposal under that programme in that or the following financial year.