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Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1988.
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28.—Section 20 of the Act of 1988 is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following:
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“(1A) (a) In respect of the provision of dwellings under section 56 of the Principal Act, a housing authority shall, within one year of the commencement of the commencement of section 28 or the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions)Act, 1992, draw up and adopt a written statement of their policy (in this section referred to as a ‘policy under this section’) to counteract undue segregation in housing between people of different social backgrounds.
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(b) A housing authority may, from time to time as they think fit, review their policy under this section and make in it any amendments, or draw up and adopt a new written statement of their policy, as they consider proper.
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(c) In drawing up and adopting or amending a policy under this section a housing authority shall have regard to such matters as the Minister may from time to time direct.
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(d) The adoption of a policy under this section or an amendment to any such policy shall be a reserved function.”.
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