Housing Act 1974

14 The Housing Associations Registration Advisory Committee

(1) There shall be a committee which shall be called the Housing Associations Registration Advisory Committee and shall have the function of advising the Corporation—

(a) generally on the exercise of the Corporation's powers with respect to the registration of housing associations ; and

(b) when consulted in accordance with subsection (4) of section 13 above, on the establishment and variation of the criteria referred to in that subsection; and

(c) on the question whether any particular housing association whose application for registration is referred to the Committee by the Corporation should be registered.

(2) The Committee shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and such number of other members so appointed as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine; and every member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(3) The Committee shall consist of persons whom the Secretary of State considers to be qualified to advise the Corporation on the matters referred to in subsection (1) above.

(4) The Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, pay to all or any of the members of the Committee such salaries or other remuneration as he may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.

(5) The Corporation may pay,—

(a) to all or any of the members of the Committee, such travelling and other expenses, and

(b) to persons attending their meetings at the request of the Committee, such travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time),

as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.