# The Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997, Paragraph 7


(1) The landlord condition is, subject to paragraph 7A and to any order under paragraph 8, that the interest of the landlord belonged to, or to a predecessor of—
a local authority,
a new town corporation,
a housing action trust,
the Development Board for Rural Wales,
an urban development corporation,
the Corporation,
a registered social landlord which is not a co-operative housing association,
or to a predecessor of, an authority or other body falling within sub-paragraph (2) or (3) (corresponding authorities and bodies in Scotland and Northern Ireland).
(2) The corresponding authorities and bodies in Scotland are—
a council constituted under section 2 of the 1994 c. 39.Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994,
a joint board or joint committee of such a council,
the common good of such a council or a trust under its control,
a development corporation, established by an order made or having effect as if made under the 1968 c. 16.New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968,
Scottish Homes,
a housing association which falls within section 6(2)(a) (vi) of the 1987 c. 26.Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 but is not a registered society within the meaning of section 45 of that Act.
(3) The corresponding authorities and bodies in Northern Ireland are—
a district council within the meaning of the 1972 c. 9 (N.I.).Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972,
the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, and
a registered housing association within the meaning of Chapter II of Part II of the S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15).Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/619/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-acquire-regulations-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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