SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Social rented sector: housing complaints
Subscriptions payable in respect of approved schemes
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1
Members of an approved scheme shall pay a subscription, calculated as set out in the scheme, to the person administering the scheme.
F31A
If a change in the method of calculation under sub-paragraph (1) would result in a member's subscription being more than it would otherwise be, the change may be made only if the Secretary of State approves it.
1B
An approved scheme's total defrayable expenses for a period may be more than the scheme's total defrayable expenses for the immediately-preceding corresponding period only if the Secretary of State approves the increase.
1C
In sub-paragraph (1B) “defrayable expenses”, in relation to a scheme, means expenses of the scheme that are to be defrayed by subscriptions from members of the scheme.
2
If a social landlord fails to comply with his duty under paragraph 1, the Secretary of State may determine—
a
which approved scheme or schemes he should have joined, and
b
what sums by way of subscription he should have paid,
and may require him to pay those amounts to the person administering the scheme or schemes.
3
The person administering an approved scheme may recover sums payable under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) as if they were debts due to him.
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The Secretary of State F1... may pay grant and provide other financial assistance to—
a
a body corporate administering an approved scheme, or
b
in a case where paragraph 10(2) applies, to the housing ombudsman under an approved scheme,
for such purposes and upon such terms as the Secretary of State F2... thinks fit.