6Powers to acquire and dispose of houses of residence and carrying out of works
(1)Subject to subsection (4) below, any relevant housing provider may acquire (including by way of gift), exchange or dispose of any land, or any interest in or over land, or any building which it considers necessary or appropriate for the provision of a house of residence for an office holder for which it is the relevant housing provider or is no longer required, as the case may be.
(2)Any relevant housing provider may carry out such works of improvement, repair, demolition, reduction, enlargement or other alteration of or to any such house of residence as appears to it to be appropriate.
(3)Before carrying out any works in accordance with subsection (2) above the relevant housing provider shall consult the office holder, unless the transaction is a regulated transaction to which section 7 below applies.
(4)This section and section 7 below do not apply to a parsonage house vested in an incumbent of a benefice or to any land or buildings to which the powers conferred by section 1 or 2 of the Parsonages Measure 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6 No. 3) relate.