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SCHEDULE 2E+WMINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)E+W

2E+WThe 1996 Act is amended as follows.

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I1Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

3E+WIn section 8 (power of registered social landlord to dispose of land), in subsection (3), for “(control by Welsh Ministers of land transactions)” substitute “ (notification to Welsh Ministers of disposal of land) ”.

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I2Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

4E+WIn the italic cross-heading before section 9, for “Control by Welsh Ministers of” substitute “ Requirements relating to ”.

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I3Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

5E+WOmit section 10 (disposals not requiring consent).

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I4Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

6E+WIn section 11 (covenant for repayment of discount on disposal), in subsection (1)—

(a)omit “, in accordance with a consent given by the Welsh Ministers under section 9,”;

(b)omit “and the consent does not provide otherwise,”.

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I5Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

7E+WIn section 12A (right of first refusal for registered social landlord), in subsection (1)—

(a)omit “, in accordance with a consent given by the Welsh Ministers under section 9,“ ;

(b)omit “and the consent does not provide otherwise,”.

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I6Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

8E+WIn section 13 (restriction on disposal of houses in National Parks etc.), in subsection (1), omit “, in accordance with a consent given by the Welsh Ministers under section 9,”.

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I7Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

9E+WIn section 16 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling), in subsection (2)(b), for “(see section 25)” substitute “ maintained under this Act prior to the coming into force of section 15 of the Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Act 2018 ”.

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I8Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

10E+WIn section 36 (guidance about the management of housing in England), omit subsection (7).

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I9Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

11E+WIn section 42 (moratorium on disposal of land), for subsection (3) substitute—

(3)Consent is not required under this section for—

(a)a letting of land under an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy, or what would be an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy but for any of paragraphs 4 to 8, or paragraph 12(1)(h), or any of paragraphs 12ZA to 12B, of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988;

(b)a letting of land under a secure tenancy or what would be a secure tenancy but for any of paragraphs 2 to 12 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985;

(c)a disposal under Part 5 of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy) or under the right conferred by section 16 (the right to acquire).

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I10Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

12E+WIn section 52 (general provisions as to orders), in subsection (1), after “section 2,” insert “ 7J, ”.

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I11Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

13E+WIn section 63, in the appropriate place, insert “ “notify” means notify in writing; ”.

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I12Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

14E+WIn Schedule 1 (registered social landlords, regulation), in paragraph 25, in sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “for misconduct or mismanagement”.

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I13Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)

15E+WIn Schedule 1, in paragraph 28—

(a)in sub-paragraph (4)(b), omit “in connection with misconduct or mismanagement”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (4)(c), omit “in connection with misconduct or mismanagement”.

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I14Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 15.8.2018 by S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)