Regulation 2 Amendment of New Towns (Transfer of Housing Stock) Regulations 1990

The New Towns (Transfer of Housing Stock) Regulations 1990^f1shall be amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after regulation 2(3)—

“(4)

Nothing in these Regulations shall—

(a)

prevent a new town corporation making a disposal in exercise of their powers under section 17 or, as the case may be, section 36 of the New Towns Act 1981^f2, or

(b)

affect a corporation’s duty, in the period before a disposal of a dwelling in pursuance of these Regulations, to act in accordance with Part V (The Right to Buy) of the Housing Act 1985^f3 with respect to that dwelling;

and, where a corporation transfer an estate or interest in housing stock under any of those provisions, these Regulations shall cease to apply for the disposal of that estate or interest.”.