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Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1933

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The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 15) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act extended to England and Wales; a similar Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 16) covered Scotland.

Long titleAn Act to bring to an end the power of the Minister of Health to grant subsidies under sections one and three of the Housing, &c. Act, 1923, and the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, and to enable him to undertake to make contributions in certain cases towards losses sustained by authorities under guarantees given by them for facilitating the provision of houses to be let to the working classes.
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[b]
Royal assent18 May 1933
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Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1933[a]
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Long titleAn Act to bring to an end the power of the Minister of Health to grant subsidies under sections one and three of the Housing, &c. Act, 1923, and the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, and to enable him to undertake to make contributions in certain cases towards losses sustained by authorities under guarantees given by them for facilitating the provision of houses to be let to the working classes.
Citation23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 15
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent18 May 1933
Commencement18 May 1933[c]
Other legislation
Repealed by
Relates to
  • Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1933
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
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The act ended subsidies to local authorities for building housing, except for slum clearance which was supported by the Housing Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 39) (Greenwood Act).[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1(1) of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6), which came into force on 23 May 1950.[2]

Notes

  1. Section 3(1).
  2. Section 3(2).

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