Housing (Wales) Measure 2011

86 Charities that have “received public assistance”

In section 58 of the Housing Act 1996 (definitions relating to charities), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) For the purposes of this Part a registered charity has received public assistance if at least one of the following conditions is satisfied—

(a) the charity has received financial assistance under section 24 of the Local Government Act 1988 (assistance for privately let housing accommodation);

(b) the charity has received financial assistance under section 19 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (financial assistance);

(c) the charity has had housing transferred to it pursuant to—

(i) a large scale disposal, within the meaning of section 34 of the Housing Act 1985, for which consent was required under section 32 or 43 of that Act, or

(ii) a qualifying disposal that was made under section 135 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;

(d) the charity has received a grant or loan under—

(i) section 18 (social housing grants),

(ii) section 22 (assistance from local authorities),

(iii) section 58 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (grants or loans by local authorities),

(iv) section 50 of the Housing Act 1980, section 41 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 or any enactment replaced by that section (housing association grant),

(v) section 51 of the Housing Act 1988 or sections 54 or 55 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (revenue deficit grant or hostel deficit grant),

(vi) section 79 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (loans by Housing Corporation),

(vii) section 31 of the Housing Act 1974 (management grants), or

(viii) any enactment mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Associations Act 1985 (pre-1974 grants and certain loans).”