Housing Associations Act 1985

22Housing Corporation's power to petition for winding up

(1)The Housing Corporation may present a petition for the winding up under the Companies Act of a registered housing association to which this section applies on the ground that the association is failing properly to carry out its purposes or objects.

(2)This section applies to a registered housing association which is—

(a)a company incorporated under the Companies Act, or

(b)a society registered under the 1965 Act (to which the winding up provisions of the Companies Act apply in accordance with section 55(a) of the 1965 Act).