http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/47Housing Act 1996An Act to make provision about housing, including provision about the social rented sector, houses in multiple occupation, landlord and tenant matters, the administration of housing benefit, the conduct of tenants, the allocation of housing accommodation by local housing authorities and homelessness; and for connected purposes.1996-07-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-28Expert Participation2026-09-01 Part I <Substitution ChangeId="key-1ff90a6c4d15055fe305f218f8fbffe9-1508498764797" CommentaryRef="key-1ff90a6c4d15055fe305f218f8fbffe9">Social Rented Sector </Substitution><Substitution ChangeId="key-1ff90a6c4d15055fe305f218f8fbffe9-1508498764797" CommentaryRef="key-1ff90a6c4d15055fe305f218f8fbffe9"><Substitution ChangeId="key-f49d9603922a822edcb932996952335d-1527071273130" CommentaryRef="key-f49d9603922a822edcb932996952335d">regulated by the Welsh Ministers</Substitution></Substitution> Chapter IV General powers of the <Addition ChangeId="d29p2690" CommentaryRef="c13148801">Relevant Authority</Addition> Insolvency, &c. of registered social landlord Powers of the manager.471An order under section 46(1) shall confer on the manager power generally to do all such things as are necessary for carrying out his functions.2The order may include the following specific powers—1Power to take possession of the land held by the landlord and for that purpose to take any legal proceedings which seem to him expedient.2Power to sell or otherwise dispose of the land by public auction or private contract.3Power to raise or borrow money and for that purpose to grant security over the land.4Power to appoint a solicitor or accountant or other professionally qualified person to assist him in the performance of his functions.5Power to bring or defend legal proceedings relating to the land in the name and on behalf of the landlord.6Power to refer to arbitration any question affecting the land.7Power to effect and maintain insurance in respect of the land.8Power where the landlord is a body corporate to use the seal of the body corporate for purposes relating to the land.9Power to do all acts and to execute in the name and on behalf of the landlord any deed, receipt or other document relating to the land.10Power to appoint an agent to do anything which he is unable to do for himself or which can more conveniently be done by an agent, and power to employ and dismiss any employees.11Power to do all such things (including the carrying out of works) as may be necessary in connection with the management or transfer of the land.12Power to make any payment which is necessary or incidental to the performance of his functions.13Power to carry on the business of the landlord so far as relating to the management or transfer of the land.14Power to grant or accept a surrender of a lease or tenancy of any of the land, and to take a lease or tenancy of any property required or convenient for the landlord’s housing activities.15Power to make any arrangement or compromise on behalf of the landlord in relation to the management or transfer of the land.16Power to do all other things incidental to the exercise of any of the above powers.3In carrying out his functions the manager acts as the landlord’s agent and he is not personally liable on a contract which he enters into as manager.4A person dealing with the manager in good faith and for value is not concerned to inquire whether the manager is acting within his powers.5The manager shall, so far as practicable, consult the landlord’s tenants about any exercise of his powers which is likely to affect them and inform them about any such exercise of his powers.Words in Pt. I substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art.5.Part I (ss. 1-64) amended (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art.3Pt. 1: The system of "registered social landlords" under this Part is replaced (8.9.2008 for specified purposes and 1.12.2008, 16.2.2009, 1.4.2009, 7.9.2009 and 1.4.2010 for further purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), Pt. 2. This Part continues to apply in relation to Wales with certain provisions applied in relation to England and certain provisions preserved although they apply to England only, see s. 60 of the affecting Act; S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 3 (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/363, art. 2; S.I. 2009/803, art. 7; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)Pt. I title substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(1), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)Words in Pt. I title substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(u)S. 47(2) applied (with modifications) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2