PART 2REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 4ENFORCEMENT

Management and constitution of registered social landlords

82Acting while disqualified

(1)

Amend paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1996 (persons acting as officer while disqualified) as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “six months” substitute “ 12 months ”.

(3)

After sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 282 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (short sentences) the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to 12 months has effect as if it were a reference to 6 months.”

(4)

After sub-paragraph (4) add—

“(5)

If a person fails to comply with an order directing repayment, the registered social landlord or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) may recover the sum or specified amount as a debt.”