Section 39 Restriction on exercise by public authorities of power of disposing of land.
Section 26(1) of the 1959 c. 53.Town and Country Planning Act 1959 (power of local and other public authorities to dispose of land without consent of a Minister) shall not apply to the exercise of a power to dispose of land conferred by any enactment if the power is exercised in respect of—
housing accommodation in respect of which there has been made to a local authority (whether before or after the commencement of that Act) an Exchequer payment within the meaning of section 58(2) of the 1958 c. 42.Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 or a payment under an enactment repealed by the said Act of 1958 or any earlier Act and re-enacted (with or without modifications) by any of the provisions mentioned in the said section 58(2); or
an approved dwelling within the meaning of Part I of the 1967 c. 29.Housing Subsidies Act 1967.
Section 26(5)(b) of the said Act of 1959 (which makes provision corresponding to subsection (1) above in the case of a disposal of land under section 104 of the 1957 c. 56.Housing Act 1957) shall cease to have effect.