[F1Disposal of land: registered housing associationsN.I.
13.—(1) Any provision contained in the rules of a registered housing association which prevents it from disposing of any land (where such disposal would otherwise be lawful) shall be of no effect.
(2) A registered housing association that disposes of or mortgages any land must notify the Department of the disposal or mortgage in accordance with this Article.
(3) But paragraph (2) does not apply to a letting of land to one or more individuals by a registered housing association under a secure tenancy or under what would be a secure tenancy but for paragraphs 1(b) to 10 of Schedule 2 to the Order of 1983.
(4) Notification under paragraph (2) must be made—
(a)within 28 days of the disposal taking place or (as the case may be) the mortgage being created, and
(b)in such manner and form as the Department may prescribe.
(5) The Department may by regulations dispense with such notifications as may be described in the regulations.
(6) Notifications that are dispensed with under paragraph (5) may be described in the regulations by reference to (in particular)—
(a)the association, or description of association, which is disposing of the land or creating the mortgage;
(b)the land, or description of land, which is disposed of or which becomes subject to the mortgage;
(c)the description of disposal.
(7) A dispensation under paragraph (5) may be subject to such conditions as are prescribed.]
F1 Arts. 13, 13A substituted (29.8.2020) for art. 13 by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 (c. 5), ss. 1(1), 10(2)