{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Disposals in relation to which ss. 46 to 51 apply, etc. payable after disposal of house",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of this Part down to section 51 (restrictions on, and provision of information about, services charges) apply where—\n(a) the freehold of a house has been conveyed by a public sector authority; and\n(b) the conveyance enabled the vendor to recover from the purchaser a service charge.\n( 2 ) In subsection (1)(a)—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“ public sector authority ” means—\na local authority,\na National Park authority\na development corporation,\nan urban development corporation,\na Mayoral development corporation,\nthe Homes and Communities Agency,\nthe Greater London Authority so far as exercising its housing or regeneration functions or its new towns and urban development functions,\nthe Welsh Ministers so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to them as mentioned in section 36(1)(a) (i) to (iii) of the New Towns Act 1981,\na housing action trust\n. . .\nRegulator of Social Housing or Scottish Homes\na non-profit registered provider of social housing,\na registered social landlord.\n( 2A ) In subsection (1)(a) “ public sector authority ” also includes the Welsh Ministers if the freehold has been conveyed by them (or by the Assembly constituted by the Government for Wales Act 1998, the Secretary of State or Housing for Wales) under section 90 of the Housing Associations Act 1985.\n(2B) In subsection (1)(a) “public sector authority” also includes a profit-making registered provider of social housing in respect of any house which, before the conveyance, was social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.\n(3) The following provisions—\nsection 170 (power of Secretary of State to given assistance in connection with legal proceedings), and\nsection 181 (jurisdiction of county court),\napply to proceedings and questions arising under this section and sections 46 to 51 as they apply to proceedings and questions arising under Part V (the right to buy).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 45, 47, 48, 50, 51 repealed in relation to dwellings let on long leases by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 41(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 45(1)(a)(b) substituted for s. 45(1)(a)–(c) by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 4(b), Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2)(b) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 24(2), (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(a) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(b) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 12; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 79(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 8(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(a)(i) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(a)(ii) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "S. 45(2A) inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 8(3) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2A) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "S. 45(2B) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(b) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 69."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 45-51 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 21(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "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. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 45-51 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 45(2) (previously 45(2)(b)) explained by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 45(2) modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), art. 3, Sch. para. 2(1) (with art. 6); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/45",
    "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."
  }
}