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" "the 1993 Act" means the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993[3];"

(b) ar ddiwedd y diffiniad o "the 1997 Regulations" mewnosoder ";";

(c) ar ôl y diffiniad o "the 1997 Regulations" mewnosoder—

" "associates" has the same meaning as in section 135 of the 1993 Act (disposals of dwelling-houses by local authorities);";

     (ch)

     ar ôl y diffiniad o "dwelling" mewnosoder—

" "dwelling-house" has the same meaning as in section 135 of the 1993 Act;";

(d) ar ôl y diffiniad o "housing land" mewnosoder—

" "introductory tenant" has the same meaning as in chapter 1 of Part V of the Housing Act 1996 (introductory tenancies);"

     (dd)

     ar ôl y diffiniad o "local authority" mewnosoder—

"long lease" means a lease for a term of years certain exceeding 21 years other than a lease which is terminable before the end of that term by notice given by or to the landlord;”;

(e) yn y diffiniad o "qualifying disposal"—

rhodder "1993 Act" yn lle "Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993";

(f) ar ôl y diffiniad o "qualifying disposal" mewnosoder—

" "relevant disposal period" means the period of 5 years ending with the date of the disposal;
"secure tenant" has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Housing Act 1985[4] (secure tenancies and rights of secure tenants); and
"small scale disposal" means a disposal by a local authority of an interest in housing land to any person where—
(a) the National Assembly for Wales has given consent to the disposal under section 32 (power to dispose of land held for the purposes of Part II) or 43 (consent required for certain disposals not within section 32) of the Housing Act 1985;

(b) it has given that consent subject to the conditions that the Local Authority—


(i) takes reasonable steps to ascertain whether the majority of secure tenants and introductory tenants who would be affected by the disposal are not opposed to it; and

(ii) is satisfied that, at the time of the disposal, the majority of those tenants are not likely to be opposed to the disposal;



and

(c) the aggregate of the following, namely—



(i) the number of dwelling-houses included in the disposal; and

(ii) the number of dwelling-houses which, within the relevant disposal period, have been previously disposed of by the local authority to that person, or that person and any associates of that person taken together,



is not more than 499,



but for the purposes of this definition, a disposal of any dwelling-house must be disregarded if at the time of the disposal the local authority's interest in the dwelling house is or was subject to a long lease."

Diwygio rheoliad 10 o Reoliadau 2003
     5. —(1) Yn rheoliad 10 (cronni derbyniadau o warediadau o dir ac arno dai) o Reoliadau 2003—

(a) ym mharagraff (1) ar ôl "revenue account" mewnosoder—

" or a housing revenue account which is debt free for HRA subsidy purposes";

(b) ym mharagraff (1) ar ôl "qualifying disposal" mewnosoder—

" or a small scale disposal";

(c) ar ôl paragraff (2) mewnosoder—

    " (2A) for the purposes of paragraph (1) "a housing revenue account which is debt free for HRA subsidy purposes" means a housing revenue account where the opening HRA subsidy capital financing requirement as defined in accordance with Regulation 22(2) is nil or negative".

     (ch)

     dileer paragraff (9) a mewnosoder—

    " (9)


(a) Subject to paragraph (9)(d) for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b) a disposal means a disposal of—


(i) an interest in land where the land is held for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1985 (provision of housing accommodation) and if there is a building situated on the land, the building does not, in the whole or in part, comprise a dwelling; or

(ii) an interest in a dwelling where the dwelling was normally let, or available for letting, for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1985 (provision of housing accommodation) and the authority make the disposal by granting a shared ownership lease (within the meaning given to that expression in section 622 of the Housing Act 1985), or on condition that the purchaser, for the purpose of repairing or improving the dwelling, will carry out significant works within a specified period; or

(iii) an interest in a lease, other than a shared ownership lease, where the authority estimate that not less than 90 percent of the capital value of the lease has been, or is to be, received by them within one year after the date of disposal.



(b) Paragraph (9)(a) (iii) is only applicable to paragraph (4)(b) where the authority make the disposal by—



(i) conveying the freehold interest in the dwelling;

(ii) granting a lease for a term of not less than 125 years;

(iii) granting a shared ownership lease; or

(iv) assigning their leasehold interest in the dwelling; and



for the purposes of this paragraph a "shared ownership lease" means a lease of a dwelling granted on payment of a premium which is calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling or the cost of providing it, and is not less than 25 percent of that value or cost.

(c) Paragraph (9)(a)(iii) shall not apply to a disposal ("the current disposal") of an interest in a dwelling which has at any time been occupied under a relevant lease granted by the authority, unless—



(i) since the last date on which the dwelling was so occupied, the authority has disposed of an interest in it under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy), or chapter 1 of Part I of the Housing Act 1980 (the right to buy), or with a relevant consent, to a person who, when that person acquired that interest, occupied, or intended to occupy, the dwelling as that person's only or principal home;

(ii) that disposal was made more than five years before the current disposal;

(iii) at any time within that period the authority acquired a further interest in the dwelling; and

(iv) the dwelling is a house within the meaning which that expression has in section 44 of the Housing Act 1985.



(d) In paragraph (9)(c)—



"relevant consent" means a consent to a disposal of land given by the Secretary of State to local authorities generally under section 32 or 43 of the Housing Act 1985, section 22 of the Housing and Building Control Act 1984 or section 104 of the Housing Act 1957;
"relevant lease" means—
(i) a secure tenancy within the meaning which that expression has in Part IV of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies and rights of secure tenants);

(ii) an introductory tenancy within the meaning which that expression has in Chapter 1 of Part V of the Housing Act 1996; or

(iii) any other lease, other than a shared ownership lease within the meaning given to it in paragraph (9)(b).".

Diwygio rheoliad 15 o Reoliadau 2003
     6. Yn rheoliad 15(1) (derbyniadau heb fod yn arian) o Reoliadau 2003 ar ôl "qualifying disposal" mewnosoder—

" or a small scale disposal".

Diwygio rheoliad 20 o Reoliadau 2003
     7. —(1) Yn rheoliad 20 (gwariant sydd i'w ystyried yn wariant cyfalaf) o Reoliadau 2003—

(a) yn is-baragraff (f) o baragraff (1) rhodder ";" yn lle ".";

(b) ar ôl is-baragraff (f) o baragraff (1) mewnosoder:


" (g) the payment of any levy by a local authority under section 136 of the 1993 Act (levy on disposals)".

Diwygio rheoliad 22 o Reoliadau 2003
     8. —(1) Yn rheoliad 22 (cyfrifo isafswm darpariaeth refeniw) o Reoliadau 2003—

(a) ym mharagraff (1) rhodder—



4[(CFR − HC) − A]

100"

yn lle

Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998[5]


D. Elis-Thomas
Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol

28 Mawrth 2006

[2] O.S. 2003/3239 (Cy.319).back

[3] 1993 p.28.back

[4] 1985 c.68.back

[5] 1998 p.38.back

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