Section 531 — Housing Act 1985: Conditions of eligibility: disposal by public sector authority, &c.

Conditions of eligibility: disposal by public sector authority, &c. 531 1 The conditions referred to in section 527(d) (eligibility for assistance) are that there has been a disposal by a public sector authority of a relevant interest in the dwelling and that either of the following sets of conditions is satisfied.

2 The first set of conditions is that—

a the disposal by a public sector authority was made before the cut-off date, and b there has been no disposal for value by any person of a relevant interest in the dwelling on or after that date.

3 The second set of conditions is that—

a a person to whom section 527 applies acquired a relevant interest in the dwelling on a disposal for value occurring within the period of twelve months beginning with the cut-off date, b he was unaware on the date of the disposal of the association of the dwelling with the qualifying defect, c the value by reference to which the price for the disposal was calculated did not take any, or any adequate, account of the qualifying defect, and d if the cut-off date had fallen immediately after the date of the disposal, the first set of conditions would have been satisfied.

4 For the purposes of this section where a public sector authority hold an interest in a dwelling a disposal of the interest by or under an enactment shall be treated as a disposal by the authority.