{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-567",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-567.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/567",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "567",
  "heading": "Modifications of this Part in relation to shared ownership leases.",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to a local housing authority that the interest of a person eligible for assistance in respect of a defective dwelling in their area is—\n(a) a shared ownership lease, or\n(b) the freehold acquired under the terms of a shared ownership lease,\nthe authority shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of State a scheme providing for the provisions of this Part to have effect, in their application to such a case, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the scheme.\n(2) A scheme under subsection (1) above shall not have effect unless approved by the Secretary of State; and any such approval may be made conditional upon compliance with requirements specified by him.\n(4) In this section “shared ownership lease” means—\n(a) a shared ownership lease granted in pursuance of Part V (the right to buy),\n(b) a lease of a dwelling-house granted otherwise than in pursuance of that Part which contains provision to the like effect as that required by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 8 (terms of shared ownership lease: right to acquired additional shares and to acquire freehold),\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or\n(d) a lease determined, or of a class or description determined, by the Secretary of State to be a shared ownership lease.\n(5) The fact that a lease becomes a shared ownership lease by virtue of . . . a determination under subsection (4)(d) does not affect the operation of the provisions of this Part in relation to a case where an application for assistance under this Part has previously been made.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 567(1)(2) substituted for s.567(1)–(3) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 166(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 166(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 567(6) repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 567(4) amended by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 166(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/567",
    "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."
}