Paragraph 1 F1

(1)

The Secretary of State may, on the application of the landlord, approve for the purposes of ground 10A in Part II of this Schedule a scheme for the disposal and re-development of an area of land consisting of or including the whole or part of one or more dwelling-houses.

(2)

For this purpose—

(a)

“ disposal ” means a disposal of any interest in the land (including the grant of an option), and

(b)

“ redevelopment ” means the demolition or reconstruction of buildings or the carrying out of other works to buildings or land;

and it is immaterial whether the disposal is to precede or follow the redevelopment.

(3)

The Secretary of State may on the application of the landlord approve a variation of a scheme previously approved by him and may, in particular, approve a variation adding land to the area subject to the scheme.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 Pt. 5 inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 9(2)