Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 15th December 1980, the following provisions of the Housing Act 1980, together with associated amendments and repeals:—

(1) section 106 (and the consequential provisions in Schedule 12) which enable certain tenants with security of tenure to apply for grants under Part VII of the Housing Act 1974 in respect of house improvements and repairs;

(2) the remaining provisions of Schedule 12 which enable the Secretary of State to prescribe the “appropriate percentage” for grants under Part VII of the 1974 Act and amend the circumstances in which repairs grants are available;

(3) section 109 and Schedule 13 which amend the provisions in the Housing Act 1969 and the Housing Act 1974 relating to general improvement areas and housing action areas and repeal the provisions of Part VI of the 1974 Act relating to the declaration of priority neighbourhoods.

The order also brings into operation the remaining provisions of Part I of Schedule 25 to the 1980 Act which make minor amendments to the Housing Act 1957, the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).