{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-88",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-88.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/69",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Associations Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985",
  "path": "section/88",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Acquisition of land.",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may acquire land by agreement for the purpose of—\n(a) selling or leasing it to a registered social landlord or an unregistered self-build society, or\n(b) providing dwellings (for letting or for sale) or hostels,\nand the Welsh Ministers may acquire land compulsorily for any such purpose.\n(2) Land may be so acquired by the Welsh Ministers notwithstanding that it is not immediately required for any such purpose.\n(3) The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applies to the compulsory purchase of land under this section.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 88(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 88(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 88(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 88(2) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 8(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 88(3) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 8(4) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 88(4)(5) repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 8(5), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 1 para. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/69/section/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:44.997710+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."
}