PART 1SUSPENSION OF THE RIGHT TO BUY AND RELATED RIGHTS

CHAPTER 2VARIATION OF DIRECTION SUSPENDING THE RIGHT TO BUY AND RELATED RIGHTS

9Enlarging variation: consultation

(1)

This section provides for the consultation exercise that a local housing authority must carry out before it may apply to the Welsh Ministers for an enlarging variation of a direction issued under this Part.

(2)

The consultation exercise must seek views on whether there is a need to apply for such a variation.

(3)

The persons to be consulted are—

(a)

each social housing provider—

(i)

which appears to the authority to be a landlord of a dwelling-house situated in the authority’s area (but the authority need not consult itself), and

(ii)

which the authority considers would be affected if its application for an enlarging variation of a direction is granted;

(b)

any body or bodies appearing to the authority to represent the interests of tenants of dwelling-houses within the authority’s area where—

(i)

the landlords of those dwelling-houses are social housing providers, and

(ii)

the authority considers that the tenants of those dwelling-houses would be affected if its application for an enlarging variation of a direction is granted;

(c)

any other local housing authority whose area is adjacent to the area to which it is proposed that the enlarging elements of the direction are to apply; and

(d)

such other persons as the authority considers appropriate.