The Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Provisions) Order 1996

16.—(1) The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 14(4)(4) (repairing obligations in leases: exceptions), for “registered housing association” substitute “registered social landlord”.

(3) In section 26(3)(a)(2) (exceptions to service charge controls &c.: meaning of long tenancy), for “registered” substitute “a registered social landlord”.

(4) In section 38(3) (minor definitions), for the definition of “registered” substitute—

““registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act);.”

(5) In section 39 (index of defined expressions), for “registered (in relation to a housing association)” substitute “registered social landlord”.

(1)

1985 c. 70.

(2)

Section 26(3) was amended by the 1988 Act, paragraph 68 of Schedule 17.

(3)

Section 38 was amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (paragraph 7 of Schedule 8), by the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 21) (paragraph 26 of Schedule 6) and by the Police and Magistrates Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) (paragraph 60 of Schedule 4).

(4)

Section 14(4) was amended by the 1989 Act, paragraph 89 of Schedule 11, and by the 1988 Act, section 116(3) and (4).