Section 250 — Housing Act 1985: Exclusion of land from, or termination of, housing action area.

Exclusion of land from, or termination of, housing action area. 250 1 The local housing authority may by resolution—

a exclude land from a housing action area, or b declare that an area shall cease to be a housing action area . . . ; and as soon as may be after passing such a resolution the authority shall take the following steps.

2 They shall send a copy of the resolution to the Secretary of State.

3 They shall publish in two or more newspapers circulating in the locality (of which one at least shall, if practicable, be a local newspaper) a notice of the resolution—

a in the case of a resolution excluding land from a housing action area, identifying the housing action area concerned and the land excluded from it. b in the case of a resolution declaring that an area is no longer to be a housing action area, naming a place at which a copy of the resolution may be inspected at all reasonable times.

4 They shall take such further steps as may appear to the authority best designed to secure that the resolution is brought to the attention of persons residing or owning property in the housing action area.