Clause 67 - Designation of selective licensing areas
Housing Bill
10:15 am
Mr Edward Davey (Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Local Government & the Regions; Kingston and Surbiton, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 289, in
clause 67, page 44, line 23, at end insert
', or
(c) areas in their district,'.
This is a probing amendment to check that the Government have got their legislation right. Subsection (1) states:
''A local housing authority may designate either—
(a) the area of their district, or
(b) an area in their district,
as subject to selective licensing''.
I wanted to check that that does not prevent a local housing authority from designating more than one area in its district, where the areas do not make up the total amount of its district. The Government might feel that the subsection will work by allowing a local housing authority to designate, for example, two different wards. Amendment No. 289 is designed simply to help the Government pursue their policy even more effectively, if they have not got the measure right.