The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001 No. 3649

PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

Registration of social landlords

351.  In section 3(3) of the Housing Act 1996 (recording of registration as a social landlord), in sub-paragraph (b), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”.

Removal of social landlord from register

352.  In section 4(6) of the Housing Act 1996 (notification of removal of society from register of social landlords), in sub-paragraph (b), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”.

Appeal against decision in relation to register of social landlords

353.  In section 6(3) of the Housing Act 1996 (notification of appeal against decision concerning register of social landlords), in sub-paragraph (b), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”.

Notice of agreed proposals where registered social landlord insolvent

354.  In section 45(4) of the Housing Act 1996 (notification of agreed proposals where registered social landlord is insolvent), in sub-paragraph (d), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”.

Transfer of engagements of registered social landlord

355.  In section 48(3) of the Housing Act 1996 (copy of transfer of engagements of social landlord which is an industrial and provident society under an order under section 46), for “appropriate registrar and registered by him” substitute “Financial Services Authority and registered by it”.

Removal of definition of “appropriate registrar”

356.—(1) In section 57(1) of the Housing Act 1996 (definitions for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act) the entry relating to the “appropriate registrar” is repealed.

(2) In the Table set out in section 64 of that Act (index of defined expressions) the entry relating to the “appropriate registrar” is repealed.

Regulation of registered social landlords

357.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1996 (regulation of registered social landlords) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 9, in sub-paragraphs (1) and (4), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”.

(3) In paragraph 12—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) for “registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”, and

(ii) for “him” substitute “it”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (4)(b), for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”; and

(d) in sub-paragraph (5)—

(i) for “appropriate registrar” substitute “Financial Services Authority”, and

(ii) for “him” substitute “it”.