PART 2

TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 3

TENANT PARTICIPATION

Tenant management agreements: further provision
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1
An agreement under section 55 may be made in relation to—
a
all or any part of the landlord’s housing functions,
b
all or any part of the houses held by the landlord for the purposes of those functions.
2
In that section and this section, references to the landlord’s housing functions are—
a
in relation to a local authority landlord, references to the functions of the landlord—
i
relating to land or any interest in land held by it for the purposes of Part I of the 1987 Act,
ii
under sections 4 and 5 (power to provide furniture, board and laundry facilities) of that Act, in connection with any such land or interest,
b
in relation to a registered social landlord, references to its housing activities within the meaning of section 83(3),
c
in relation to a water authority or a sewerage authority, references to its functions in relation to the provision and management of houses.
3
An agreement under section 55 between a tenant management co-operative and a local authority landlord may, without prejudice to any other enactment, include terms providing for the letting of land to the co-operative by the landlord for a period not exceeding 20 years.
4
A local authority must continue to include in its housing revenue account houses on land included in an agreement under that section between a tenant management co-operative and a local authority landlord; and neither the making of the agreement nor any letting of land in pursuance of it is to be treated as a ground for the reduction, suspension or discontinuance of any Exchequer contribution or subsidy under section 202 of the 1987 Act.
5
In subsection (4), “Exchequer contribution” has the meaning given in section 338(1) of the 1987 Act.