Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Section 167 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)This section applies—
(a)where a non-profit registered provider which is [F1a registered society] is dissolved in accordance with [F2section 119 or 123 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014], and
(b)where a non-profit registered provider which is a registered company is wound up under the Insolvency Act 1986.
(2)Any surplus property that is available after satisfying the registered provider's liabilities shall be transferred—
(a)to the regulator, or
(b)if the regulator directs, to a specified non-profit registered provider.
(3)If land belonging to the registered provider needs to be sold to satisfy its liabilities, the regulator may discharge those liabilities so as to ensure that the land is instead transferred in accordance with subsection (2).
(4)Where the registered provider dissolved or wound up is a charity, a registered provider may be specified under subsection (2)(b) only if it is a charity whose objects the regulator thinks are similar to those of the original charity.
(5)This section has effect despite anything in—
F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the Insolvency Act 1986,
(c)the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46),
[F4(ca)the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014,] or
(d)the constitution of a registered provider.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 122 (with Sch. 5)
F2Words in s. 167(1)(a) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 131(2) (with Sch. 5)
F3S. 167(5)(a) omitted (1.8.2014) by virtue of Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 131(3)(a) (with Sch. 5)
F4S. 167(5)(ca) inserted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 131(3)(b) (with Sch. 5)
Commencement Information
I1S. 167 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
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