{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Avoidance of certain disposals of houses without consent.",
  "text": "(1) A disposal of a house by a local authority made without the consent required by section 32 or 43 is void, unless—\n(a) the disposal is to an individual (or to two or more individuals), and\n(b) the disposal does not extend to any other house.\n(2) Subsection (1) has effect notwithstanding section 29 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1959 and section 128(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 (protection of purchasers dealing with authority).\n(3) In this section “house” does not have the extended meaning applicable by virtue of the definition of “housing accommodation” in section 56, but includes a flat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1959 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 43, 44, 45 amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22 and 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 43, 44 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 21(a) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 43, 44 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}