Housing (Wales) Measure 2011

19 Extension application: consultation

(1) This section provides for the consultation exercise that a local housing authority must carry out before it may make an application to the Welsh Ministers for an extension of the period for which a direction issued under this Part is to have effect.

(2) The consultation exercise must seek views on whether there is a need to apply for an extension of the period for which the direction is to have effect.

(3) The persons to be consulted are—

(a) each social housing provider—

(i) which appears to the authority to be a landlord of a dwelling-house situated in the authority’s area (but the authority need not consult itself), and

(ii) which the authority considers would be affected if its application for an extension of a direction is granted;

(b) any body or bodies appearing to the authority to represent the interests of tenants of dwelling-houses within the authority’s area where—

(i) the landlords of those dwelling-houses are social housing providers, and

(ii) the authority considers that the tenants of those dwelling-houses would be affected if its application for an extension of a direction is granted;

(c) any other local housing authority whose area is adjacent to the area to which it is proposed that the extended direction is to apply, and

(d) such other persons as the authority considers appropriate.