# Housing Act 1985, Section 259A: Effect of resolutions relating to housing action area or general improvement area.


(1) A resolution of a local housing authority passed after the commencement of this section—
(a) declaring an area to be a housing action area, excluding land from a housing action area or declaring that an area shall cease to be a housing action area, or
(b) declaring an area to be a general improvement area, excluding land from a general improvement area or declaring that an area shall cease to be a general improvement area,
has effect, subject to subsection (2), from the day on which the resolution is passed.
(2) A resolution declaring an area to be a general improvement area may be expressed to have effect from a future date, not later than four weeks after the passing of the resolution, on which the whole or part of that area will cease to be, or be included in, a housing action area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/259A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-259A
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