Part 2Regulation of Social Housing

Chapter 4Registered providers

Insolvency etc.

150Disposals without consent

(1)

A purported disposal by a registered provider is void if—

(a)

it requires the regulator's consent under section 148, and

(b)

the regulator has not given consent.

(2)

But subsection (1) does not apply to a disposal by a non-profit registered provider to one or more individuals (“the buyer”) if—

(a)

the disposal is of a single dwelling, and

(b)

the registered provider reasonably believes at the time of the disposal that the buyer intends to use the property as the buyer's principal residence.