{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-7A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/7A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The landlord condition shall be treated as having been satisfied in the case of a dwelling-house comprised in a housing co-operative agreement made—\n(a) in England and Wales, by a local housing authority, new town corporation or the Development Board for Rural Wales, or\n(b) in Scotland, by a local housing authority,\nif the interest of the landlord belonged to the housing co-operative.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “ housing co-operative agreement ” and “ housing co-operative ”—\n(a) as regards England and Wales have the same meaning as in section 27B (agreements with housing co-operatives under superseded provisions), and\n(b) as regards Scotland mean an agreement made under section 5 of the Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975 and a housing co-operative within the meaning of that section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7A inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 40(4); S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2) (subject to a restriction in Sch. para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "In Sch. 4 para. 7A(1)(b) for the reference to “an islands or district council”there is substituted a reference to “a local housing authority”by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 142(3)(b) (which by s. 184(4) extends to Scotland only); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/schedule/4/paragraph/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}