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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Housing Act 1980 (c. 51)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Housing Act 1980

1980 CHAPTER 51

Contents

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  1. Part I

    1. 1—50... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Private Sector Tenants

    1. Protected shorthold tenancies

      1. 51. Preliminary

      2. 52.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 53. Right of tenant to terminate protected shorthold tenancy

      4. 54. Subletting or assignment

      5. 55. Orders for possession

    2. Assured tenancies

      1. 56—58... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Rents

      1. 59. Rent officers and applications for registration of rent

      2. 60.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 61. Effect of registration of rent etc

      4. 62. Cancellation of registration of rent

      5. 63. Repeal of sections 48 and 50 of Rent Act 1977

    4. Conversion of controlled tenancies

      1. 64. Conversion of controlled tenancies into regulated tenancies

    5. Regulated tenancies

      1. 65. Resident landlords

      2. 66. Amendment of Cases 11 and 12 of Schedule 15 to Rent Act 1977

      3. 67. Lettings by servicemen

    6. Rent agreements

      1. 68. Rent agreements with tenants having security of tenure

    7. Restricted contracts

      1. 69. Restricted contracts: security of tenure

      2. 70. Reconsideration of registered rents under Part V of Rent Act 1977

      3. 71. Cancellation of rents registered under Part V of Rent Act 1977

      4. 72. Functions of rent tribunals

    8. Miscellaneous

      1. 73. Dwellings forming part of Crown Estate or belonging to Duchies

      2. 74. Housing association and housing trust tenancies under Rent Act 1977

      3. 75. Proceedings for possession of certain dwelling-houses

      4. 76. Statutory tenancies by succession

      5. 77. Amendment of Part VI of Rent Act 1977

      6. 78. Allowable premiums in relation to certain long tenancies

      7. 79. Meaning of “ premium” in Part IX of Rent Act 1977

  3. Part III

    Tenant’s Repairs and Improvements

    1. 80.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 81. Tenant’s improvements

    3. 82. Provisions as to consents required by section 81

    4. 83. Conditional consent to tenant’s improvements

    5. 84. Exclusion of certain housing associations from Part III

    6. 85. Interpretation and application of Part III

  4. Part IV

    Jurisdiction and Procedure

    1. 86. Jurisdiction of county court and rules of procedure

    2. 87.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 88. Discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession

    4. 89. Restriction on discretion of court in making orders for possession of land

  5. Parts V–VIII

    1. 90—133... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  6. Part IX

    General

    1. 134—137... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 138. Displacement of residential occupiers by housing authority

    3. 139.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 140.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 141. Amendments of Leasehold Reform Act 1967 etc

    6. 142. Leasehold valuation tribunals

    7. 143. Apportionment of rents

    8. 144.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 145—147.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 148. Rent assessment panels : pensions for presidents and vice-presidents

    11. 149.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. Supplemental

      1. 150. Interpretation

      2. 151. Regulations and orders

      3. 152. Amendments, savings, transitional provisions and repeals

      4. 153. Commencement

      5. 154. Expenses and receipts

      6. 155. Short title and extent

  7. SCHEDULES 1—4A

  8. SCHEDULE 5

    Application of Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to Assured Tenancies

  9. SCHEDULE 6

    Applications for registration of Rent

  10. Schedule 7

    Amendment of Schedule 15 to 1977 Act

  11. SCHEDULE 8

    Crown Estate and Duchies—Consequential Provisions

  12. SCHEDULE 9

    Provisions Supplementing Section 74

  13. SCHEDULE 10

    Amendment of Part VI of Rent Act 1977

  14. SCHEDULES 11—13

  15. SCHEDULE 14

  16. SCHEDULE 15

  17. SCHEDULES 16—20

  18. SCHEDULE 21

    Amendments of Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88) and Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), Schedule 8

  19. SCHEDULE 22

    Leasehold Valuation Tribunals

  20. SCHEDULES 23—24

  21. SCHEDULE 25

    Minor and Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings

  22. SCHEDULE 26

    Repeals

An Act to give security of tenure, and the right to buy their homes, to tenants of local authorities and other bodies; to make other provision with respect to those and other tenants; to amend the law about housing finance in the public sector; to make other provision with respect to housing; to restrict the discretion of the court in making orders for possession of land; and for connected purposes.

[8th August 1980]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Whole Act repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339(3), Sch. 24

C2Act: transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

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