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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-consequential-provisions-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-61",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/71",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-consequential-provisions-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/61",
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  "number": "61",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 13 to the Local Government Act 1985 (provisions with respect to residuary bodies) for paragraphs 22 and 23 (application of certain housing enactments) substitute—\n“22 A residuary body shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of the following provisions of the Housing Act 1985—\nsections 43 and 44 (consent required for certain disposals of houses),\nsections 45 to 51 (restrictions on recovery of service charges after disposal of house),\nParts IV and V (secure tenancies and the right to buy),\nsections 442 (so far as relates to agreements within subsection (1)(b)), 443, 444, 452 and 4h53 (provision in connection with local authority mortgages), and\nPart XVI (assistance for owners of defective premises disposed of by local authorities and others).\n23 A residuary body shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of sections 84(5)(b) and 5(4) of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (consultation on forms of agreement and meaning of “relevant advance”).\n24 A residuary body shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of the following provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985—\nsection 14(4) (exclusion of implieod repairing obligations), and\nsections 18 to 30 (service charges).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/71/schedule/2/paragraph/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:42.575765+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."
}