Housing Associations Act 1985

1985 CHAPTER 69

An Act to consolidate certain provisions of the Housing Acts relating to housing associations, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and of the Scottish Law Commission.

[30th October 1985]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 A Table showing the derivations of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status.

C2 Act: certain functions transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C3 Act restricted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 22(4)

Act amended (E.W.) (24.9.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 221(1)(b), 232(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at 1.4.1986 see s. 107(2)

Part I E+W+S Regulation of Housing Associations

Introductory E+W+S

1 Meaning of “housing association” and related expressions. E+W+S

(1) In this Act “housing association” means a society, body of trustees or company—

(a) which is established for the purpose of, or amongst whose objects or powers are included those of, providing, constructing, improving or managing, or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement of, housing accommodation, and

(b) which does not trade for profit or whose constitution or rules prohibit the issue of capital with interest or dividend exceeding such rate as may be prescribed by the Treasury, whether with or without differentiation as between share and loan capital [F1 ;]

[F1 but does not include Scottish Homes.]

(2) In this Act “fully mutual”, in relation to a housing association, means that the rules of the association—

(a) restrict membership to persons who are tenants or prospective tenants of the association, and

(b) preclude the granting or assignment of tenancies to persons other than members;

and “co-operative housing association” means a fully mutual housing association which is a society registered under the M1 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (in this part referred to as “the 1965 Act”).

(3) In this Act “self-build society” means a housing association whose object is to provide, for sale to, or occupation by, its members, dwellings built or improved principally with the use of its members’ own labour.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words added by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3(3), Sch. 2 para. 6

Marginal Citations

M1 1965 c. 12.

2 Meaning of “housing trust”. E+W+S

In this Act “housing trust” means a corporation or body of persons which—

(a) is required by the terms of its constituent instrument to use the whole of its funds, including any surplus which may arise from its operations, for the purpose of providing housing accommodation, or

(b) is required by the terms of its constituent instrument to devote the whole, or substantially the whole, of its funds to charitable purposes and in fact uses the whole, or substantially the whole, of its funds for the purpose of providing housing accommodation.

[F2 2A The Corporation. E+W+S

(1) In relation to a housing association which has its registered office for the purposes of the 1965 Act in Scotland, “the Corporation” means Scottish Homes.

(2) In relation to a housing association—

(a) which is a society registered under the 1965 Act and has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Wales, or

(b) which is a registered charity and has its address for the purposes of registration by the Charity Commissioners in Wales,

“the Corporation” means Housing for Wales.

(3) In relation to any other housing association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act or a registered charity, “the Corporation” means the Housing Corporation.

(4) Subject to subsections (1) to (3), in this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, “the Corporation” means the Housing Corporation, Scottish Homes or Housing for Wales and “the Corporations” means those three bodies.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2A inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 1

Yn ddilys o 01/10/1996

[F3 2B Meaning of “registered housing association”, “registered social landlord” etc. E+W+S

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“registered housing association” means a housing association registered in the register maintained by Scottish Homes under section 3,

“registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1996, and

“unregistered”, in relation to a housing association, means neither registered in the register maintained by Scottish Homes under section 3 nor registered as a social landlord under Part I of the Housing Act 1996..]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 2B inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(2)

Registration E+W+S

3 The register. E+W+S

(1) A register of housing associations shall be maintained by [F4 each of the Corporations] and shall be open to inspection at the head office of the Corporation [F5 by which it is maintained] at all reasonable times.

[F6 (1A) In this Act “register”, in relation to the Corporation, means the register maintained by the Corporation under this section.]

(2) In this Act “registered” and “unregistered”, and other references to registration, in relation to a housing association, refer to registration in the register . . . F7 .

Textual Amendments

F4 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 3(1)(a)

F5 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 3(1)(b)

F6 S. 3(1A) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 3(2)

F7 Words repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 59(2)(3)(4), 140(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 para. 3(3), Sch. 18

4 Eligibility for registration. E+W+S

(1) A housing association is eligible for registration if it is—

(a) a registered charity, or

(b) a society registered under the 1965 Act which fulfils the following conditions.

(2) The conditions are that the association does not trade for profit and is established for the purpose of, or has among its objects or powers, the provision, construction, improvement or management of—

(a) houses to be kept available for letting, or

(b) houses for occupation by members of the association, where the rules of the association restrict membership to persons entitled or prospectively entitled (as tenants or otherwise) to occupy a house provided or managed by the association, or

(c) hostels,

and that any additional purposes or objects are among the following.

[F8 (3) The permissible additional purposes or objects are—

(a) providing land, amenities or services, or providing, constructing, repairing or improving buildings, for the benefit of the association’s residents, either exclusively or together with other persons;

(b) acquiring, or repairing and improving, or creating by the conversion of houses or other property, houses to be disposed of on sale, on lease or on shared ownership terms;

(c) constructing houses to be disposed of on shared ownership terms;

(d) managing houses which are held on leases or other lettings (not being houses falling within subsection (2)(a) or (b) ) or blocks of flats;

(e) providing services of any description for owners or occupiers of houses in arranging or carrying out works of maintenance, repair or improvement, or encouraging or facilitating the carrying out of such works;

(f) encouraging and giving advice on the formation of other housing associations or providing services for, and giving advice on the running of, such associations and other voluntary organisations concerned with housing, or matters connected with housing.

(4) A housing association shall not be ineligible for registration by reason only that its powers include power—

(a) to acquire commercial premises or businesses as an incidental part of a project or series of projects undertaken for purposes or objects falling within subsection (2) or (3);

(b) to repair, improve or convert any commercial premises acquired as mentioned in paragraph (a) or to carry on, for a limited period, any business so acquired;

(c) to repair or improve houses, or buildings in which houses are situated, after the tenants have exercised, or claimed to exercise, acquisition rights;

(d) to acquire houses to be disposed of at a discount to tenants to whom section 58 of the Housing Act 1988 applies (tenants of charitable housing associations etc.).

(5) In this section—

• “acquisition right”means—

(a) in England and Wales, the right to buy or the right to be granted a shared ownership lease under Part V of the Housing Act 1985;

(b) in Scotland, a right to purchase under section 61 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;

• “block of flats”means a building—

(a) containing two or more flats which are held on leases or other lettings; and

(b) occupied or intended to be occupied wholly or mainly for residential purposes;

• “disposed of on shared ownership terms”means—

(a) in England and Wales, disposed of on a sharedownership lease;

(b) in Scotland, disposed of under a shared ownership agreement;

• “letting”includes the grant—

(a) in England and Wales, of a licence to occupy;

(b) in Scotland, of a right or permission to occupy;

• “residents”, in relation to a housing association, means the persons occupying the houses or hostels provided or managed by the association;

• “voluntary organisation” means an organisation whose activities are not carried on for profit.]

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 4(3)–(5) substituted for s. 4(3)(4) (s. 4(4) having been inserted by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 45(3) which section 45 was subsequently repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61) s. 48(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Ss. 4, 8 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 58(3)(4)

5 Registration. E+W+S

(1) The [F9 Corporation] register any housing association which is eligible for registration but—

(a) the Corporation shall establish criteria which should be satisfied by a housing association seeking registration, and

(b) in deciding whether to register an association the Corporation shall have regard to whether it satisfies those criteria.

[F10 (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall require the Corporations to establish the same criteria; and each of them may vary any criteria established by it under that subsection.]

(3) As soon as may be after registering a housing association the Corporation shall give notice of the registration—

(a) if the association is a registered charity, to the Charity Commissioners, or

(b) if the association is a society registered under the 1965 Act, to the appropriate registrar,

who shall record the registration.

[F11 (4) Where at any time a body is, or was, on a register maintained under section 3, then, for all purposes other than rectification of that register, the body shall be conclusively presumed to be, or to have been, at that time a housing association eligible for registration in that register.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F10 S. 5(2) substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 4(1)

F11 S. 5(4) substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 4(2)

6 Removal from the register. E+W+S

(1) A body which has been registered shall not be removed from the register except in accordance with this section.

(2) If it appears to the [F12 Corporation] that a body which is on the register—

(a) is no longer a housing association eligible for registration, or

(b) has ceased to exist or does not operate,

the Corporation shall, after giving the body at least 14 days’ notice, remove it from the register.

(3) In the case of a body which appears to the Corporation to have ceased to exist or not to operate, notice under subsection (2) shall be deemed to be given to the body if it is served at the address last known to the Corporation to be the principal place of business of the body.

(4) A body which is registered may request the Corporation to remove it from the register if it has not at any time received—

[F13 (a) a grant under section 41 (housing association grants),

(b) a grant under section 54 (revenue deficit grants),

(c) any such payment or loan as is mentioned in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (grant-aided land),

(d) a grant or a loan under section 2(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,

(e) a grant under section 50 of the Housing Act 1988 (housing association grants), or

(f) a grant under section 51 of that Act (revenue deficit grants)]

and the Corporation may, if it thinks fit, do so.

(5) As soon as may be after removing a body from the register the Corporation shall give notice of the removal—

(a) if the body is a registered charity, to the Charity Commissioners,

(b) if the body is a society registered under the 1965 Act, to the appropriate registrar,

who shall record the removal.

Textual Amendments

F12 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F13 S. 6(4)(a)–(f) substituted for s. 6(a)–(c) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 5

7 Appeal against removal. E+W+S

(1) A body which is aggrieved by a decision of the [F14 Corporation] to remove it from the register may appeal against the decision

[F15 (a) where it is a decision of Scottish Homes, to the Court of Session; and

(b) in any other case, to the High Court].

(2) If an appeal is brought the Corporation shall not remove the body concerned from the register until the appeal has been finally determined or is withdrawn.

(3) As soon as may be after an appeal is brought the Corporation shall give notice of the appeal—

(a) if the body concerned is a registered charity, to the Charity Commissioners, or

(b) if the body concerned is a society registered under the 1965 Act, to the appropriate registrar.

Textual Amendments

F14 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F15 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 6

Disposal of land E+W+S

8 Power of registered housing associations to dispose of land. E+W+S

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Part V of the M2 Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy [F16 and [F17 Part III of the M3 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987] (analogous Scottish provisions)]), every registered housing association has power, subject to section 9 (control by [F18 Corporation] of land transactions), by virtue of this section but not otherwise, to dispose, in such manner as it thinks fit, of land held by it.

(2) Section 39 of the M4 Settled Land Act 1925 (disposal of land by trustees) does not apply to the disposal of land by a registered housing association; and accordingly the disposal need not be for the best consideration in money that can reasonably be obtained.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be taken to authorise any action on the part of a charity which would conflict with the trusts of the charity.

Textual Amendments

F16 Words inserted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(2)

F17 Words substituted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 31(1)

F18 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Ss. 4, 8 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 58(3)(4)

Marginal Citations

M2 1985 c.68 (61).

M3 1987 c.26 (61).

M4 1925 c. 18.

9 Control by [F19 Corporation] of dispositions of land by housing associations. E+W+S

[F20 (1) Subject to section 10 and sections 81(7), 105(6), and 133(7) of the Housing Act 1988, the consent of the Corporation is required for any disposition of land by a registered housing association.

(1A) Subject to section 10, the consent of the relevant Corporation is required for any disposition of grant-aided land (as defined in Schedule 1) by an unregistered housing association; and for this purpose “the relevant Corporation” means,—

(a) if the land is in England, the Housing Corporation;

(b) if the land is in Scotland, Scottish Homes; and

(c) if the land is in Wales, Housing for Wales.]

(2) The consent of the Corporation may be so given—

(a) generally to all housing associations or to a particular housing association or description of association;

(b) in relation to particular land or in relation to a particular description of land;

and may be given subject to conditions.

(3) A disposition by a housing association which requires [F21 consent] under this section is valid in favour of a person claiming under the association notwithstanding that [F21 that consent] has not been given; and a person dealing with the association, or with a person claiming under the association, shall not be concerned to see or inquire whether any such consent has been given.

This subsection has effect subject to section 12 (avoidance of certain dispositions of houses without consent).

(4) Where at the time of its removal from the register under section 6(2) (removal of bodies no longer eligible for registration or defunct) a body owns land, this section continues to apply to that land after the removal as if the body concerned continued to be a registered housing association.

(5) For the purposes of this section “disposition” means sale, lease, mortgage, charge or any other disposal.

[F22 (6) References in this section to consent are references,—

(a) in the case of the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales, to consent given by order under the seal of the Corporation; and

(b) in the case of Scottish Homes, to consent in writing.]

Textual Amendments

F19 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F20 S. 9(1)(1A) substituted for s. 9(1) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 7(1)

F21 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 7(2)(a)(b)

F22 S. 9(6) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 7(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 S. 9 amended by (E.W.) Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 173(6)(7); Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s.81(7); modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 58(3)(4); excluded by (E.W.) Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61) s. 105(6), s 133(6)(7); (Scotland) Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 63(3)

C7 S. 9(1)(1A) excluded (E.W.) (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 37, Sch. 10 para. 1(2)(b) (with ss. 56(6), 94(2), 95); S.I. 1993/2134, art.5.

10 Dispositions excepted from s. 9. E+W+S

(1) A disposition by an unregistered housing association which is a charity is not within section 9 if by virtue of section 29 of the M5 Charities Act 1960 it cannot be made without an order of the court or the Charity Commissioners; but [F23 before making an order in such a case the Charity Commissioners shall consult,—

(a) in the case of dispositions of land in England, the Housing Corporation;

(b) in the case of dispositions of land in Scotland, Scottish Homes; and

(c) in the case of dispositions of land in Wales, Housing for Wales.]

(2) A letting by a registered housing association, or by an unregistered housing association which is a housing trust, is not within section 9 if it is—

(a) a letting of land under a secure tenancy, or

(b) a letting of land under what would be a secure tenancy but for any of paragraphs 2 to 12 of [F24 Schedule 3 to the Housing Act 1985][F24 Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985] or paragraphs [F25 paragraphs 1 to 8 of Schedule 2 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987](tenancies excepted from being secure tenancies for reasons other than that they are long leases) [F26 or

(c) a letting of land under an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy, or

(d) a letting of land in England or Wales under what would be an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy but for any of paragraphs 4 to 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988, or

(e) a letting of land in Scotland under what would be an assured tenancy but for any of paragraphs 3 to 8 and 12 of Schedule 4 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.]

(3) The grant by an unregistered housing association which does not satisfy the landlord condition in section 80 of the Housing Act 1985 (bodies which are capable of granting secure tenancies) of a lease for a term ending within the period of seven years and three months beginning on the date of the grant is not within section 9 unless—

(a) there is conferred on the lessee (by the lease or otherwise) an option for renewal for a term which, together with the original term, would expire outside that period, or

(b) the lease is granted wholly or partly in consideration of a fine.

(4) In subsection (3) the expression “lease” includes an agreement for a lease and a licence to occupy, and the expressions “grant” and “term” shall be construed accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F23 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 8(1)

F24 Words beginning “Schedule 1” substituted (E.W.) (retrospectively1.4.1986) for words beginning “Schedule 3” by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(6)(9)

F25 Words “1 to 8 of Schedule 2 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987” substituted (E.W.S) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 72, Sch. 9 para. 6(a) and “paragraphs 1 to 8 of Schedule 2 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987” substituted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 31(2)

F26 “or” and s. 10(2)(c)–(e) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 8(2)

Marginal Citations

M5 1960 c. 58.

11 Further provisions as to certain disposals of houses. E+W+S

Schedule 2 applies in relation to a disposal of a house under section 8 where—

(a) a discount is given to the purchaser, or

(b) the house is situated in a National Park, an area designated under section 87 of the National Parks and Access to the M6 Countryside Act 1949 as an area of outstanding beauty, or an area designated as a rural area by order under section 157 of the M7 Housing Act 1985.

Marginal Citations

M6 1949 c. 97.

M7 1985 c. 68.

12 Avoidance of certain disposals of houses without consent. E+W+S

A disposal of a house by a housing association made without the consent required by section 9 is void unless—

(a) the disposal is to an individual (or to two or more individuals), and

(b) the disposal does not extend to any other house.

Control of payments to members, etc. E+W+S

13 Payments by way of gift, dividend or bonus. E+W+S

(1) A registered housing association shall not make a gift or pay a sum by way of dividend or bonus to—

(a) a person who is or has been a member of the association, or

(b) a person who is a member of the family of a person within paragraph (a), or

(c) a company of which a person within paragraph (a) or (b) is a director, or

(d) a Scottish firm of which a person within paragraph (a) or (b) is a member,

except as permitted by this section.

(2) The following are permitted—

(a) the payment of a sum which, in accordance with the rules of the association concerned, is paid as interest on capital lent to the association or subscribed by way of shares in the association;

(b) the payment by a fully mutual housing association to a person who has ceased to be a member of the association, of a sum which is due to him either under his tenancy agreement with the association or under the terms of the agreement under which he became a member of the association.

(3) Where an association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act pays a sum or makes a gift in contravention of this section the association may recover the sum or the value of the gift, and proceedings for its recovery shall be taken by the association if the [F27 Corporation] so directs.

Textual Amendments

F27 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

14 Maximum amounts payable by way of fees, expenses, etc. E+W+S

(1) The [F28 Corporation] may from time to time specify the maximum amounts which may be paid by a registered housing association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act—

(a) by way of fees or other remuneration, or by way of expenses, to a member of the association who is not a member of its committee or an officer or employee of the association,

(b) by way of expenses to a member of its committee (including a co-opted member) who is not an officer or employee of the association, or

(c) by way of expenses to an officer of the association who does not have a contract of employment with the association;

and different amounts may be so specified for different purposes.

(2) Where such an association makes a payment in excess of the specified maximum, the association may recover the excess and proceedings for its recovery shall be taken by the association if the Corporation so directs.

Textual Amendments

F28 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

15 Payments and benefits to committee members, etc. E+W+S

(1) A registered housing association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act shall not make a payment or grant a benefit to—

(a) a committee member (including a co-opted member), officer or employee of the association, or

(b) a person who at any time within the preceding twelve months has been a person within paragraph (a), or

(c) a close relative of a person within paragraph (a) or (b), or

(d) a business trading for profit of which a person falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is a principal proprietor or in the management of which such a person is directly concerned,

except as permitted by this section [F29 or by section 15A of this Act].

(2) The following are permitted—

(a) payments made or benefits granted to an officer or employee under his contract of employment with the association;

(b) the payment of expenses to a committee member (including a co-opted member) or to an officer of the association who does not have a contract of employment with the association;

(c) any such payment as may be made in accordance with section 13(2) (interest payable in accordance with the rules and certain sums payable by a fully mutual housing association to a person who has ceased to be a member);

(d) the grant or renewal of a tenancy by a co-operative housing association;

(e) where a tenancy of a house has been granted to, or to a close relative of, a person who later became a committee member (including a co-opted member), officer or employee, the grant to that tenant of a new tenancy, whether of the same or another house.

[F30 (f) except in the case of housing associations registered in the register maintained by Scottish Homes, payments made or benefits granted by an association in such class or classes of case as may be specified in a determination made by the Corporation with the approval of the Secretary of State;

(g) in the case of housing associations registered in the register maintained by Scottish Homes, payments made or benefits granted by such an association with the approval of Scottish Homes (which approval may be given only in relation to a class or classes of case).]

[F31 [F32 (2A)] The Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales may make different determinations for the purposes of subsection (2)(f ) above and, before making such a determination, the Corporation shall consult such bodies appearing to it to be representative of housing associations as it considers appropriate; and after making such a determination the Corporation shall publish the determination in such manner as it considers appropriate for bringing it to the notice of the associations concerned.]

(3) Where an association pays a sum or grants a benefit in contravention of this section, the association may recover the sum or the value of the benefit, and proceedings for its recovery shall be taken by the association if the [F33 Corporation] so directs.

Textual Amendments

F29 Words added (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(3)

F30 S. 15(2)(f)(g) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 9(1)

F31 S. 15(2A) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 9(2)

F32 Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(1), Sch. 11 para. 111

F33 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

[F34 15A Payments etc. in community-based housing associations in Scotland. S

(1) In relation to a community-based housing association in Scotland the following are also permitted, notwithstanding section 15(1)—

(a) payments made by the association in respect of the purchase of a dwelling, or part of a dwelling, owned and occupied by a person described in subsection (2) who is not an employee of the association; but only if—

(i) such payments constitute expenditure in connection with housing projects undertaken for the purpose of improving or repairing dwellings; and

(ii) the purchase price does not exceed such value as may be placed on the dwelling, or as the case may be part, by the district valuer;

(b) the granting of the tenancy of a dwelling, or part of a dwelling, to such a person; but only if the person—

(i) lives in the dwelling or in another dwelling owned by the association; or

(ii) has at any time within the period of twelve months immediately preceding the granting of the tenancy lived in the dwelling (or such other dwelling) whether or not it belonged to the housing association when he lived there.

(2) The persons mentioned in subsection (1) are—

(a) a committee member or voluntary officer of the association; or

(b) a person who at any time in the twelve months preceding the payment (or as the case may be the granting of the tenancy) has been such a member or officer; or

(c) a close relative of a person described in paragraph (a) or (b).

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a housing association is “community-based” if—

(a) prior to the specified date, it was designated as such by the Housing Corporation; or

(b) on or after that date, it is designated as such by Scottish Homes;

and, in this subsection, “specified date” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.

(4) Scottish Homes—

(a) shall make a designation under subsection (3) only if it considers that the activities of the housing association relate wholly or mainly to the improvement of dwellings, or the management of improved dwellings, within a particular community (whether or not identified by reference to a geographical area entirely within any one administrative area); and

(b) may revoke such a designation (including a designation made by the Housing Corporation under subsection (3) above as originally enacted) if it considers, after giving the association an opportunity to make representations to it as regards such revocation, that the association’s activities have ceased so to relate.]

Textual Amendments

F34 S. 15(A) inserted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 14 (which s. 14 was repealed 1.4.1989 by virtue of Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18: S.I. 1989/404) and as so inserted s. 15A is substituted (1.4.1989: cf. S.I. 1989/404) by virtue of Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 10

Constitution, change of rules, amalgamation and dissolution E+W+S

16 General power to remove committee member. E+W+S

(1) The [F35 Corporation] may by order remove a committee member of a registered housing association if—

(a) in England and Wales, he has been adjudged bankrupt or he has made an arrangement with his creditors,

(b) in Scotland, he has become notour bankrupt or he has executed a trust deed for behoof of, or has made a composition contract or arrangement with, his creditors,

(c) he is incapable of acting by reason of mental disorder,

(d) he has not acted, or

(e) he cannot be found or does not act and his absence of failure to act is impeding the proper management of the association’s affairs.

(2) Before making an order the Corporation shall give at least 14 days’ notice of its intention to do so to the person whom it intends to remove, and to the association concerned.

(3) Notice under subsection (2) may be given by post, and if so given to the person whom the Corporation intend to remove may be addressed to his last known address in the United Kingdom.

(4) A person who is ordered to be removed under this section may appeal against the [F36 order,—

(a) if it is an order of the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales, to the High Court; and

(b) if it is an order of Scottish Homes, to the Court of Session.]

Textual Amendments

F35 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F36 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 11

17 Power to appoint new committee member. E+W+S

(1) The [F37 Corporation] may by order appoint a person to be a committee member of a registered housing association—

(a) in place of a person removed by the Corporation,

(b) where there are no members of the committee, or

(c) where the Corporation is of opinion that it is necessary for the proper management of the association’s affairs to have an additional committee member [F38 and the power conferred by paragraph (c) may be exercised notwithstanding that it will cause the maximum number of committee members permissible under the association’s constitution to be exceeded].

(2) A person may be so appointed whether or not he is a member of the association and, if he is not, notwithstanding that the rules of the association restrict appointment to members.

(3) A person appointed under this section shall hold office for such period and on such terms as the Corporation may specify and on the expiry of the appointment the Corporation may renew the appointment for such period as it may specify; but this does not prevent a person appointed under this section from retiring in accordance with the rules of the association.

(4) A person appointed under this section is entitled—

(a) to attend, speak and vote at any general meeting of the association and to receive all notices of and other communications relating to any general meeting which a member of the association is entitled to receive, and

(b) to require a general meeting of the association to be convened within 21 days of a request to that effect made in writing to the committee of the association.

Textual Amendments

F37 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F38 Words added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 12

18 Exercise of powers under ss. 16 and 17 in relation to registered charities. E+W+S

(1) The [F39 Corporation] may exercise its powers under sections 16 and 17 (removal or appointment of committee member) in relation to an association which is a registered charity only if the association has, at any time before the powers are exercised, received [F40 financial assistance under section 24 of the Local Government Act 1988 or] a grant or loan under—

• [F41 section 50 of the Housing Act 1988 (housing association grants),

• section 51 of that Act (revenue deficit grants)]

• section 41 (housing association grants),

• section 54 or 55 (revenue deficit grants or hostel deficit grants),

• section 58(2) (grants or loans by local authorities),

• section 79 (loans by [F39 Corporation]),

• section 31 of the M8 Housing Act 1974 (management grants), or

• any enactment mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 (pre-1974 grants and certain loans).

(2) Sections 16 and 17 apply in relation to a trustee of such an association as they apply in relation to a committee member.

(3) Before exercising its powers under section 17 (appointment of committee member or trustee) in relation to such an association the Corporation shall consult the Charity Commissioners; . . . F42

Textual Amendments

F39 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F40 Words inserted by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 24(5)(a)

F41 Entries inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 13(1)

F42 Words repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 59(2)(3)(4), 140(2), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 13(2), Sch. 18

Marginal Citations

M8 1974 c. 44.

19 Change of rules under the 1965 Act. E+W+S

(1) This section applies to a registered housing association—

(a) which is a society registered under the 1965 Act, and

(b) whose registration under this Part has been recorded by the appropriate registrar in accordance with section 5(3).

(2) Notice shall be sent to the [F43 Corporation] of a change of the association’s name or of the situation of its registered office.

(3) Any other amendment of the association’s rules is not valid without the Corporation’s consent, [F44 given,—

(a) in the case of the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales, by order under the seal of the Corporation; and

(b) in the case of Scottish Homes, by notice in writing.]; and a copy of such consent shall be sent with the copies of the amendment required by section 10(1) of the 1965 Act to be sent to the appropriate registrar.

(4) The 1965 Act applies in relation to the provisions of this section as if they were contained in section 10 of that Act (amendment of registered rules).

Textual Amendments

F43 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F44 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 14

20 Change of objects by certain charities. E+W+S

(1) This section applies to a registered housing association—

(a) which is a registered charity and is not a company incorporated under the Companies Act, and

(b) whose registration under this Part has been recorded by the Charity Commissioners in accordance with section 5(3).

(2) No power contained in the provisions establishing the association as a charity, or regulating its purposes and administration, to vary or add to its objects may be exercised without the consent of the Charity Commissioners, and before giving their consent the Charity Commissioners shall consult the [F45 Corporation].

Textual Amendments

F45 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

21 Amalgamation and dissolution under the 1965 Act. E+W+S

(1) This section applies to a registered housing association—

(a) which is a society registered under the 1965 Act, and

(b) whose registration under this Part has been recorded by the appropriate registrar in accordance with section 5(3).

(2) The appropriate registrar shall not register a special resolution which is passed for the purposes of—

(a) section 50 of the 1965 Act (amalgamation of societies), or

(b) section 51 of that Act (transfer of engagements between societies),

unless, together with the copy of the resolution, there is sent to him a copy of the [F46 Corporation]’s consent to the amalgamation or transfer concerned.

(3) Section 52 of the 1965 Act (power of society to convert itself into, amalgamate with or transfer its engagements to a company registered under the Companies Act) does not apply.

(4) If the association resolves by special resolution that it be wound up voluntarily under the Companies Act, the resolution has no effect unless—

(a) before the resolution was passed the Corporation gave its consent to its passing, and

(b) a copy of the consent is forwarded to the appropriate registrar together with the copy of the resolution required to be so forwarded in accordance with the Companies Act.

(5) If the association is to be dissolved by instrument of dissolution, the appropriate registrar shall not—

(a) register the instrument in accordance with section 58(5) of the 1965 Act, or

(b) cause notice of the dissolution to be advertised in accordance with section 58(6) of that Act,

unless together with the instrument there is sent to him a copy of the Corporation’s consent to its making.

(6) The references in this section to the Corporation’s consent [F47 are,—

(a) in the case of the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales, to consent given by order under the seal of the Corporation; and

(b) in the case of Scottish Homes, to consent given in writing.].

Textual Amendments

F46 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F47 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 15

22 [F48 Corporation]’s power to petition for winding up. E+W+S

(1) The [F48 Corporation] may present a petition for the winding up under the Companies Act of a registered housing association to which this section applies

[F49 (a)] on the ground that the association is failing properly to carry out its purposes or objects [F50 or

(b) on the ground that the association is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 518 of the Companies Act 1985.]

(2) This section applies to a registered housing association which is—

(a) a company incorporated under the Companies Act, or

(b) a society registered under the 1965 Act (to which the winding up provisions of the Companies Act apply in accordance with section 55(a) of the 1965 Act).

Textual Amendments

F48 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F49 “(a)” inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 16

F50 “or” and s. 22(1)(b) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 16

23 Transfer of net assets on dissolution. E+W+S

(1) Where a registered housing association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act is dissolved under that Act, so much of the property of the association as remains after meeting the claims of its creditors and any other liabilities arising on or before the dissolution shall be transferred—

(a) to the [F51 Corporation], or

(b) if the Corporation so directs, to such registered housing association as may be specified in the direction,

notwithstanding anything in the 1965 Act or in the rules of the association.

(2) In order to avoid the necessity for the sale of land belonging to the association, and thereby secure the transfer of the land under this section, the Corporation may, if it appears to it appropriate to do so, make payments to discharge such claims or liabilities as are referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Where the association which is dissolved is a charity, the Corporation may dispose of property transferred to it by virtue of this section only to another registered housing association—

(a) is also a charity, and

(b) the objects of which appear to the Corporation to be, as nearly as practicable, akin to those of the dissolved association.

(4) In any other case the Corporation may dispose of property transferred to it by virtue of this section to a registered housing association or to a subsidiary of the Corporation.

(5) Where property transferred to the Corporation by virtue of this section includes land subject to an existing mortgage or charge (whether in favour of the Corporation or not), the Corporation may, in exercise of its powers under Part III, dispose of the land either—

(a) subject to that mortgage or charge, or

(b) subject to a new mortgage or charge in favour of the Corporation securing such amount as appears to the Corporation to be appropriate in the circumstances.

Textual Amendments

F51 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

Accounts and audit E+W+S

24 General requirements as to accounts and audit. E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may by order lay down accounting requirements for registered housing associations with a view to ensuring that the accounts of every registered housing association—

(a) are prepared in the requisite form, and

(b) give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the association, so far as its housing activities are concerned, and of the disposition of funds and assets which are, or at any time have been, in its hands in connection with those activities.

(2) The method by which an association [F52 which is a registered charity] shall distinguish in its accounts between its housing activities and other activities shall be laid down by orders under subsection (1).

(3) The accounts of every registered housing association shall comply with the requirements laid down under this section; and the auditor’s report shall state, in addition to any other matters which it is required to state, whether in the auditor’s opinion the accounts do so comply.

(4) Every registered housing association shall furnish to the [F53 Corporation] a copy of its accounts and auditor’s report within six months of the end of the period to which they relate.

(5) An order under this section—

(a) may make different provision with respect to different cases or descriptions of case, including different provision for different areas [F54 or for different descriptions of housing associations or housing activities], and

(b) shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

and the provisions of such an order shall not apply in relation to a period beginning before the day on which the order comes into force.

[F55 (6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(a), descriptions may be framed by reference to any matters whatever, including in particular, in the case of housing activities, the manner in which they are financed.]

Textual Amendments

F52 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 17(1)

F53 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F54 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 17(2)

F55 S. 24(6) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 17(3)

25 Appointment of auditors by associations registered under the 1965 Act. E+W+S

Section 4(1) of the M9 Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 (obligation to appoint qualified auditors to audit accounts and balance sheet for each year of account) applies to every registered housing association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act, without regard to the volume of its receipts and payments, the number of its members or the value of its assets.

Marginal Citations

M9 1968 c. 55.

26 Accounting requirements for registered housing associations not within the 1965 Act. E+W+S

(1) A registered housing association which is a registered charity shall, in respect of its housing activities (and separately from its other activities, if any) be subject to the provisions of Schedule 3 (which impose accounting and audit requirements corresponding to those imposed by the M10 Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968).

(2) But this does not affect any obligation of the charity under section 8 of the M11 Charities Act 1960 (statement of accounts to be transmitted to Charity Commissioners).

Marginal Citations

M10 1968 c. 55.

M11 1960 c. 58.

27 Responsibility for securing compliance with accounting requirements E+W+S

(1) Every responsible person, that is to say, every person who—

(a) is directly concerned with the conduct and management of the affairs of a registered housing association, and

(b) is in that capacity responsible for the preparation and audit of accounts,

shall ensure that section 24 (general requirements as to accounts and audit) and, where applicable, Schedule 3 (accounting requirements for associations not within 1965 Act) are complied with by the association.

(2) If—

(a) section 24(4) (furnishing of accounts and auditor’s report) is not complied with, or

(b) the accounts furnished to the [F56 Corporation] under that provision do not comply with the accounting requirements laid down under section 24(1), or

(c) Schedule 3, where applicable, is not complied with, [F57 or

(d) section 55(9) of the Housing Act 1988 is not complied with]

every responsible person, and the association itself, commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) It is a defence—

(a) for a responsible person to prove that he did everything that could reasonably have been expected of him by way of discharging the duty imposed by subsection (1);

(b) for an association to prove that every responsible person did everything that could reasonably have been expected of him by way of discharging the duty imposed by subsection (1) in relation to the association.

(4) Proceedings for an offence under this section may in England and Wales be brought only by or with the consent of the Corporation or the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Textual Amendments

F56 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F57 “or” and s. 27(2)(d) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 18

[F58 27A Power of Corporation to monitor associations. E+W+S

(1) If at any time required to do so by the Corporation,—

(a) a registered housing association shall produce to a person authorised in that behalf by the Corporation such books, accounts and other documents relating to the association’s business as may be specified by the Corporation; and

(b) any officer, employee or member of the committee of the registered housing association shall provide an explanation of any such books, accounts and other documents.

(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1), any books, accounts or other documents are produced to a person authorised in that behalf by the Corporation, he may take copies of or make extracts from them.

(3) In the application of this section to a registered housing association which is a charity,—

(a) the reference in subsection (1)(a) to the association’s business shall be construed as a reference to its housing activities; and

(b) the reference to a member of the committee includes a reference to a trustee of the association.]

Textual Amendments

F58 S. 27A inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 182

Inquiries into affairs of housing associations E+W+S

28 Inquiry. E+W+S

(1) The [F59 Corporation] may appoint a person (not a person who is, or at any time has been, a member of [F60 staff of any of the Corporations]) to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of a registered housing association [F61 and, if the appointed person considers it necessary for the purposes of the inquiry, he may also inquire into the business of any other body which, at a time which the appointed person considers material, is or was a subsidiary or associate of the association concerned].

(2) The appointed person may by notice in writing served on—

(a) the association concerned, or

(b) any person who is, or has been, an officer, agent or member of the association [F62 or

(c) any person who is, or has been, an officer, agent or member of a subsidiary or associate of the association; or

(d) any other person whom the appointed person has reason to believe is or may be in possession of information of relevance to the inquiry],

require the association or person to produce to him such books, accounts and other documents relating to [F63 the business of the association or any other such body as is referred to in subsection (1)] and to give him such other information so relating, as he considers necessary for the purposes of the inquiry.

(3) An association or other person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a notice under subsection (2) commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

[F64 (3A) Where, by virtue of subsection (2), any books, accounts or other documents are produced to the appointed person, he may take copies of or make extracts from them.

(3B) The appointed person may, if he thinks fit during the course of the inquiry, make one or more interim reports to the Corporation on such matters as appear to him to be appropriate.]

(4) On completion of the inquiry the appointed person shall make a report to the Corporation on such matters and in such form as the Corporation may specify.

(5) In this section “agent” includes banker, solicitor and auditor; but nothing in this section requires the disclosure—

(a) by a solicitor, of a privileged communication made to him in his capacity as solicitor, or

(b) by a housing association’s banker, of information as to the affairs of any of their other customers.

[F65 (6) In this section, in relation to a housing association, “subsidiary” means a company with respect to which one of the following conditions is fulfilled,—

(a) the association is a member of the company and controls the composition of the board of directors; or

(b) the association holds more than half in nominal value of the company’s equity share capital; or

(c) the company is a subsidiary, within the meaning of the Companies Act 1985 or the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968, of another company which, by virtue of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), is itself a subsidiary of the housing association;

and, in the case of a housing association which is a body of trustees, the reference in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) to the association is a reference to the trustees acting as such and any reference in subsection (7) to the association shall be construed accordingly.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6)(a), the composition of a company’s board of directors shall be deemed to be controlled by a housing association if, but only if, the association, by the exercise of some power exercisable by the association without the consent or concurrence of any other person, can appoint or remove the holders of all or a majority of the directorships.

(8) In this section, in relation to a housing association, “associate” means—

(a) any body of which the association is a subsidiary; and

(b) any other subsidiary of such a body,

and in this subsection “subsidiary” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act 1985 or the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 or, in the case of a body which is itself a housing association, has the meaning assigned by subsection (6).

(9) In relation to a company which is an industrial and provident society,—

(a) any reference in subsection (6)(a) or subsection (7) to the board of directors is a reference to the committee of management of the society; and

(b) the reference in subsection (7) to the holders of all or a majority of the directorships is a reference to all or a majority of the members of the committee or, if the housing association is itself a member of the committee, such number as together with the association would constitute a majority.]

Textual Amendments

F59 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F60 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 19(1)

F61 Words added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 19(1)

F62 “or” and s. 28(2)(c)(d) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 19(2)

F63 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 19(2)

F64 S.28(3A)(3B) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 19(3)

F65 S. 28(6)–(9) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 19(4)

29 Extraordinary audit for purposes of inquiry. E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of an inquiry under section 28 [F66 into the affairs of a registered housing association] the [F67 Corporation] may require the accounts and balance sheet of the association concerned, or such of them as the Corporation may specify, to be audited by a qualified auditor appointed by the Corporation.

(2) A person is a qualified auditor for this purpose if he is under section 7(1) of the M12 Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 a qualified auditor for the purposes of that Act, or is under section 7(2) of that Act a qualified auditor in relation to the association concerned.

(3) On completion of the audit the appointed auditor shall make a report to the Corporation on such matters and in such form as the Corporation may specify.

(4) The expenses of the audit, including the remuneration of the auditor, shall be paid by the Corporation.

(5) An audit under this section is additional to, and does not affect, any audit made or to be made under any other enactment.

Textual Amendments

F66 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 20

F67 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

Marginal Citations

M12 1968 c. 55.

30 General powers exercisable as a result of inquiry or audit. E+W+S

(1) Where the [F68 Corporation] is satisfied, as the result of an inquiry under section 28 or an audit under section 29, that there has been misconduct or mismanagement in the affairs of a registered housing association, it may—

(a) by order remove any member of the committee of the association, or any officer, agent or employee of the association, who has been responsible for or privy to the misconduct or mismanagement or has by his conduct contributed to it or facilitated it;

(b) by order suspend such a person for up to six months, pending determination whether he should be removed;

(c) order any bank or other person who holds money or securities on behalf of the association not to part with the money or securities without the approval of the Corporation;

(d) by order restrict the transactions which may be entered into, or the nature or amount of the payments which may be made, in the administration of the association without the approval of the Corporation.

[F69 (1A) If at any time the appointed person makes an interim report under section 28(3B) and, as a result of that interim report, the Corporation is satisfied that there has been misconduct or mismanagement as mentioned in subsection (1),—

(a) the Corporation may at that time exercise any of the powers conferred by paragraphs (b) to (d) of that subsection; and

(b) in relation to the exercise at that time of the power conferred by subsection (1)(b), the reference therein to a period of six months shall be construed as a reference to a period beginning at that time and ending six months after the date of the report under section 28(4).]

(2) Before making an order under subsection (1)(a) the Corporation shall give at least 14 days’ notice of its intention to do so—

(a) to the person it intends to remove, and

(b) to the association concerned.

(3) Notice under subsection (2) may be given by post, and if so given to the person whom the Corporation intends to remove may be addressed to his last known address in the United Kingdom.

(4) A person who is ordered to be removed under subsection (1)(a) or suspended under subsection (1)(b) may appeal against the [F70 order,—

(a) if it is an order of the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales, to the High Court; and

(b) if it is an order of Scottish Homes, to the Court of Session.]

(5) Where a person is suspended under subsection (1)(b), the Corporation may give directions with respect to the performance of his functions and otherwise as to matters arising from the suspension.

(6) A person who contravenes an order under subsection (1)(c) commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both; but proceedings for such an offence may be brought in England and Wales only by or with the consent of the Corporation or the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Textual Amendments

F68 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F69 S. 30(1A) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 21(1)

F70 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 21(2)

31 Exercise of powers under ss. 28 to 30 in relation to registered charities. E+W+S

(1) The [F71 Corporation] may exercise its powers under sections 28 to 30 (inquiry, audit, &c.) in relation to an association which is a registered charity only if the association has, at any time before the powers are exercised, received [F72 financial assistance under section 24 of the Local Government Act or] a grant or loan under—

• [F73 section 50 of the Housing Act 1988 (housing association grants),

• section 51 of that Act (revenue deficit grants)]

• section 41 (housing association grants),

• section 54 or 55 (revenue deficit grants or hostel deficit grants),

• section 58(2) (grants or loans by local authorities),

• section 79 (loans by [F71 Corporation]),

• section 31 of the M13 Housing Act 1974 (management grants), or

• any enactments mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 (pre-1974 grants and certain loans).

(2) In relation to such an association sections 28 to 30 have effect with the following adaptations—

(a) references to an officer, agent or member, or to a member of the committee, include a trustee of the association;

(b) references to the association’s business are confined to its housing activities [F74 and such other activities (if any) of the association as are incidental to or connected with its housing activities];

(c) references to the association’s accounts do not include revenue accounts which do not relate to its housing activities, except so far as such accounts are necessary for the auditing of revenue accounts which do so relate or of the association’s balance sheet;

(d) a person is a qualified auditor for the purposes of section 29 (extraordinary audit) only if he is an auditor qualified for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 3.

(3) In relation to such an association the powers conferred on the Corporation by—

• section 28(1) (appointment of person to inquire into association’s affairs), and

• section 30(1)(a) and (b) (removal of person in connection with misconduct or mismanagement and suspension with a view to removal),

are exercisable only after consultation with the Charity Commissioners.

Textual Amendments

F71 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

F72 Words inserted by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 24(5)(a)

F73 Entries inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 22(1)

F74 Words added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 22(2)

Marginal Citations

M13 1974 c. 44.

32 Power to direct transfer of land to another housing association or the [F75 Corporation]. E+W+S

(1) Where, as the result of an inquiry under section 28 or an audit under section 29, the [F75 Corporation] is satisfied as regards a registered housing association which is a society registered under the 1965 Act—

(a) that there has been misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the association, or

(b) that the management of the land belonging to the association would be improved if the land belonging to the association were transferred in accordance with the provisions of this section,

the Corporation may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, direct the association to make such a transfer.

(2) Where the association concerned is a charity, the [F75 Corporation] may only direct a transfer to be made to another registered housing association—

(a) which is also a charity, and

(b) the objects of which appear to the Corporation to be, as nearly as practicable, akin to those of the association concerned.

(3) In any other case the Corporation may direct a transfer to be made to the Corporation or to another registered housing association.

(4) A transfer in pursuance of a direction under this section shall be made on the terms that the transferee will pay or undertake to pay to the association concerned such sum (if any) as will be necessary to defray all its proper debts and liabilities (including debts and liabilities secured on the land) after taking into account any money or other assets belonging to the association.

(5) If it appears to the Corporation likely that the association concerned will as a result of the transfer be dissolved under the 1965 Act, the Corporation shall secure that the costs of the dissolution are taken into account in determining the sum payable to the association under subsection (4).

Textual Amendments

F75 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

Miscellaneous E+W+S

33 Recognition of central association. E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, recognise for the purposes of this section a central association or other body established for the purposes of promoting the formation and extension of housing associations [F76 in Great Britain or in any part of Great Britain] and of giving them advice and assistance.

(2) The Secretary of State may make a grant in aid of the expenses of the association or body of such amount as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

Textual Amendments

F76 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 23

[F77 33A Provision of services between the Corporations. E+W+S

Any of the Corporations may enter into an agreement with the others or either of them for the provision of services of any description by the one to the other or others on such terms, as to payment or otherwise, as the parties to the agreement consider appropriate.]

Textual Amendments

F77 S. 33A inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 24

34 Provision of land by county councils. E+W+S

(1) Where a housing association wishes to erect houses which in the opinion of the Secretary of State are required and the local housing authority in whose district the houses are proposed to be built are unwilling to acquire land with a view to selling or leasing it to the association, the county council, on the application of the association, may acquire land for that purpose.

(2) For that purpose the county council may exercise all the powers of a local housing authority under Part II of the M14 Housing Act 1985 (provision of housing) in regard to the acquisition and disposal of land; and the provisions of that Act as to the acquisition of land by local housing authorities for the purposes of that Part apply accordingly.

Marginal Citations

M14 1985 c. 68.

35 Housing trusts: power to transfer housing to local housing authority. E+W+S

(1) A housing trust may—

(a) sell or lease to the local housing authority the houses provided by the trust, or

(b) make over to the authority the management of the houses.

(2) So far as subsection (1) confers power to dispose of land—

(a) it does not apply to registered housing associations (on whom power to dispose of land is conferred by section 8);

(b) it has effect subject to section 9 (dispositions requiring consent of [F78 Corporation]) where the housing trust is an unregistered housing association and the land is grant-aided land (as defined in Schedule 1); and

(c) it has effect subject to section 29 of the M15 Charities Act 1960 (dispositions which cannot be made without an order of the court or the Charity Commissioners) where the housing trust is a charity.

Textual Amendments

F78 Word substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2

Marginal Citations

M15 1960 c. 58.

36 Housing trusts: functions of Secretary of State with respect to legal proceedings. E+W+S

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State—

(a) that the institution of legal proceedings is requisite or desirable with respect to any property belonging to a housing trust, or

(b) that the expediting of any such legal proceedings is requisite or desirable,

he may certify the case to the Attorney-General who may institute legal proceedings or intervene in legal proceedings already instituted in such manner as he thinks proper in the circumstances.

(2) Before preparing a scheme with reference to property belonging to a housing trust, the court or body which is responsible for making the scheme shall communicate with the Secretary of State and consider any recommendations made by him with reference to the proposed scheme.

[F79 36A Issue of guidance by the Corporation. E+W+S

(1) In accordance with the provisions of this section, the Corporation may issue guidance with respect to the management of housing accommodation by registered housing associations and, in considering under the preceding provisions of this Part whether action needs to be taken to secure the proper management of an association’s affairs or whether there has been mismanagement, the Corporation may have regard (among other matters) to the extent to which any such guidance is being or has been followed.

(2) Guidance issued under this section may make different provision in relation to different cases and, in particular, in relation to different areas, different descriptions of housing accommodation and different descriptions of registered housing associations.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2), guidance issued under this section may relate to—

(a) the housing demands for which provision should be made and the means of meeting those demands;

(b) the allocation of housing accommodation between individuals;

(c) the terms of tenancies and the principles upon which the levels of rent should be determined;

(d) standards of maintenance and repair and the means of achieving these standards; and

(e) consultation and communication with tenants.

(4) Guidance issued under this section may be revised or withdrawn but, before issuing or revising any guidance under this section, the Corporation—

(a) shall consult such bodies appearing to it to be representative of housing associations as it considers appropriate; and

(b) shall submit a draft of the proposed guidance or, as the case may be, the proposed revision to the Secretary of State for his approval.

(5) If the Secretary of State gives his approval to a draft submitted to him under subsection (4)(b), the Corporation shall issue the guidance or, as the case may be, the revision concerned in such manner as the Corporation considers appropriate for bringing it to the notice of the housing associations concerned.]

Textual Amendments

F79 S. 36A inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 49

Supplementary E+W+S

37 Definitions relating to the 1965 Act and societies registered under it. E+W+S

In this Part “the 1965 Act” means the M16 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, and in relation to a society registered under that Act—

• “appropriate registrar” has the same meaning as in that Act (where it is defined in section 73(1)(c) by reference to the situation of the society’s registered office);

• “committee” means the committee of management or other directing body of the society;

• “co-opted member”, in relation to the committee, includes any person co-opted to serve on the committee, whether he is a member of the society or not;

• “dissolved under the 1965 Act” means dissolved either as mentioned in section 55(a) of that Act (winding up under the Companies Act) or as mentioned in section 55(b) of that Act (instrument of dissolution).

Marginal Citations

M16 1965 c. 12.

38 Definitions relating to charities. E+W+S

In this Part—

(a) “charity” has the same meaning as in the M17 Charities Act 1960; and

(b) “registered charity” means a charity which is registered under section 4 of that Act and is not an exempt charity within the meaning of that Act.

Marginal Citations

M17 1960 c. 58.

39 Minor definitions. E+W+S

In this Part—

• [F80 “assured tenancy” has, in England and Wales, the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988 and, in Scotland, the same meaning as in Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988;

• “assured agricultural occupancy” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988.]

• “mental disorder” has the same meaning as in the M18 Mental Health Act 1983 or the M19 Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;

• “secure tenancy” has the same meaning as in section 79 of the M20 Housing Act 1985 or [F81 44 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987];

• “standard scale” has the meaning given by section 75 of the M21 Criminal Justice Act 1982.

Textual Amendments

F80 Definitions inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 25

F81 S. 39: by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 31(3) it is provided that in the definition of “secure tenancy” for the words “10 of the Tenants'; Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980” there shall be substituted (S.) the words “44 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987” and by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 72, Sch. 9 para. 8 it is provided that in s. 39, in the definition of “secure tenancy” for the words “section 10 of the Tenants'; Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980” there shall be substituted the words “44 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987”

Marginal Citations

M18 1983 c. 20.

M19 1984 c. 36.

M20 1985 c. 68.

M21 1982 c. 48.

40 Index of defined expressions: Part I. E+W+S

The following Table shows provisions defining or explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used only in the same section or paragraph):—

appropriate registrar (in relation to a society registered under the 1965 Act).	section 37
[F82 assured agricultural occupancy]	[F82 section 39]
[F82 assured tenancy]	[F82 section 39]
bank	section 106
charge (in relation to Scotland)	section 106
charity	section 38(a)
committee (in relation to a society registered under the 1965 Act)	section 37
compulsory disposal (in Schedule 2)	paragraph 6 of that Schedule
co-operative housing association	section 1(2)
co-opted member (in relation to the committee of a society registered under the 1965 Act)	section 37
the Companies Act	section 106
[F83 the Corporation]	[F83 section 2A]
dissolved under the 1965 Act (in relation to a society registered under that Act)	section 37
district (of a local housing authority)	section 104(2)
dwelling	section 106
eligible for registration (in relation to a housing association)	section 4
exempted disposal (in Schedule 2)	paragraph 5 of that Schedule
friendly society	section 106
fully mutual (in relation to a housing association)	section 1(2)
hostel	section 106
house	section 106
housing activities	section 106
housing association	section 1(1)
. . . F84	. . . F84
housing trust	section 2
insurance company	section 106
local housing authority	section 104
member of family	section 105
mental disorder	section 39
mortgage (in relation to Scotland)	section 106
the 1965 Act	section 37
register, registered, registration and unregistered (in relation to a housing association)	section [F85 3]
registered charity	section 38(b)
relevant disposal (in Schedule 2)	paragraph 4 of that Schedule
. . . F84	. . . F84
secure tenancy	section 39
shared ownership lease	section 106
[F86 shared ownership agreement (in relation to Scotland)]	[F86 section 106]
standard scale	section 39
trustee savings bank	section 106

Textual Amendments

F82 Entries inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 26(a)

F83 Entry inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 26(b)

F84 Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F85 Figure substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 26(c)

F86 Entry inserted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(4)

Part II E+W+S Housing Association Finance

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Pt. II (ss. 41–73) excluded (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 199, 335, Sch. 12 para. 1(7)

C9 Pt. II (ss. 41–73): power to apply certain functions conferred (E.W.) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(b)(4)

41—51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F87 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F87 Ss. 41–51, 75(1)(d) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F88 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F88 S. 52 repealed (with a saving in S.I. 1989/404, art. 3(a) ) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18, and as to s. 52(3) repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2), Sch. 3, and s. 52(4) repealed by Land Registration Act 1988 (c. 3, SIF 98:2), ss. 1(e), 2, Sch.

53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F89 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F89 S. 53 repealed (with a saving in S.I. 1989/404, art. 3(b) ) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

Deficit grants E+W+S

54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F90 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F90 S. 54 repealed (with a saving in S.I. 1989/404, art. 3(c) ) by Housing Act 1988 (c.50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

[F91 55 Hostel deficit grants. E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may pay a grant (a “hostel deficit grant”) to a registered housing association which, in relation to a hostel managed by it, incurs a revenue deficit in respect of any period.

(2) An association incurs such a deficit if its relevant expenditure exceeds its relevant income.

(3) For this purpose—

(a) its relevant expenditure is its expenditure for the period which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is attributable to the hostel and is reasonable and appropriate having regard to all the circumstances, and

(b) its relevant income is the income which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, it might reasonably be expected to receive in respect of the hostel for that period, including sums received or to be received in respect of that period by way of grant or subsidy,

and income and expenditure shall be calculated in such manner as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.

(4) The reference in subsection (3)(b) to the income which an association might reasonably be expected to receive in respect of a hostel in a period includes so much as is reasonably attributable to the hostel of sums received or to be received by the association in respect of that period otherwise than by reference to a specific hostel or purpose.

(5) Where an association which applies for a hostel deficit grant manages more than one hostel, the Secretary of State may, if he considers it appropriate to do so, treat all the hostels managed by the association, or any two or more of them, as a single hostel for the purpose of determining whether the association has incurred a revenue deficit.

(6) The hostel deficit grant payable to an association in respect of a period shall be such amount as the Secretary of State may determine in relation to that association, but shall not be greater than the amount of the excess determined under subsection (3).]

Textual Amendments

F91 S. 55 repealed (except in so far as it relates to hostel deficit grants) (prosp.) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10 S. 55: excluded (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 199, 355, Sch. 12 para. 1(8)(b)

[F92 56 Applications for deficit grants. E+W+S

(1) A revenue deficit grant or hostel deficit grant is payable to an association in respect of a period only if an application complying with this section is made by the association to the Secretary of State and is approved by him.

(2) An application for either descriptions of grant—

(a) shall be made within 15 months after the end of the period to which it relates, and

(b) shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3) An application for a revenue deficit grant shall be accompanied by the audited accounts of the association for the period to which the application relates.]

Textual Amendments

F92 Ss. 56, 57 repealed (except in so far as they relate to hostel deficit grants) (prosp.) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

[F93 57 Payment of deficit grants. E+W+S

(1) A revenue deficit grant shall be paid in a single sum in respect of the period to which it relates.

(2) A hostel deficit grant shall be paid either in a single sum or in instalments, as the Secretary of State may determine; and if payable by instalments shall be paid at such times and in such manner as the Treasury may direct.

(3) The Secretary of State may, if he considers it appropriate to do so, make payments on account of a revenue deficit grant or hostel deficit grant which he considers is likely to become payable to an association for any period.

(4) No sum shall be paid in respect of a revenue deficit grant or hostel deficit grant to a body which has been removed under section 6 from the register of housing associations.]

Textual Amendments

F93 Ss. 56, 57 repealed (except in so far as they relate to hostel deficit grants) (prosp.) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

Arrangements with local authorities E+W+S

58 Powers of local authorities to promote and assist housing associations: England and Wales. E+W+S

(1) A local authority may promote the formation or extension of or, subject to the provisions of this Act, assist a housing association.

(2) A local authority may, subject to section 60 (assistance restricted to registered housing associations), for the assistance of a housing association—

(a) make grants or loans to the association,

(b) subscribe for share or loan capital of the association, or

(c) guarantee or join in guaranteeing the payment of the principal of, and interest on, money borrowed by the association (including money borrowed by the issue of loan capital) or of interest on share capital issued by the association,

on such terms and conditions as to rate of interest and repayment or otherwise and on such security as the local authority think fit.

(3) A term of an agreement for such a grant or loan is void if it purports—

(a) to limit the aggregate amount of rents payable in respect of dwellings to which the agreement relates or contributions towards the cost of maintaining such dwellings, or

(b) to specify a limit which the rent of a dwelling is not to exceed.

59 Powers of local authorities to promote and assist housing associations: Scotland. E+W+S

(1) A local authority or regional council may promote the formation or extension of or, subject to section 60 (assistance restricted to registered housing associations), assist a housing association whose objects include the erection, improvement or management of housing accommodation.

(2) A local authority or regional council may, with the consent of and subject to any regulations or conditions made or imposed by the Secretary of State, for the assistance of such an association—

(a) make grants or loans to the association,

(b) subscribe for share or loan capital of the association, or

(c) guarantee or join in guaranteeing the payment of the principal of, and interest on, money borrowed by the association (including money borrowed by the issue of loan capital) or of interest on share capital issued by the association,

on such terms and conditions as to rate of interest and repayment or otherwise and on such security as the local authority or regional council think fit.

(3) A term of an agreement for such a grant or loan is void if it purports to relate to the rent payable in respect of a house to which the agreement relates or the contributions payable towards the cost of maintaining such a house.

(4) Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

[F94 (5) Sections 6, 15, 320 and 329 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (general provisions with respect to housing functions of local authorities etc.) apply in relation to this section and section 61, as they apply in relation to the provisions of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F94 S. 59(5) added by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 31(7)

60 Certain assistance restricted to registered housing associations. E+W+S

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, grants, loans and guarantees may be made or given under sections 58(2)(a) and (c) and 59(2)(a) and (c) only if the association is at the time the grant or loan is made, or the guarantee is given, a registered housing association.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the making of a loan to an unregistered self-build society for the purpose of enabling it to meet the whole or part of the expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, by it in carrying out its objects.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the making of a loan to an unregistered association for the assistance of the association—

(a) in connection with works required to be carried out in pursuance of, or the acquisition of an estate or interest in a dwelling or other building for the purposes of, arrangements under section 121 of the M22 Housing Act 1957 or section 155 of the M23 Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (arrangements with local authorities for the improvement of housing) which were approved by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1975;

(b) in connection with dwellings which were relevant dwellings for the purposes of section 73 of the M24 Housing Finance Act 1972 (certain dwellings approved for purposes of subsidy before 10th August 1972);

(c) in connection with the provision of works which are relevant works, approved for subsidy, within the meaning of section 53 of the M25 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972;

(d) in connection with a building scheme within the meaning of section 75 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 (new building subsidy) which was approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that section before 1st April 1975;

(e) in connection with a building scheme or improvement scheme, within the meaning of sections 55 and 57 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 which was approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of those sections before 1st April 1975.

Marginal Citations

M22 1957 c. 56.

M23 1966 c. 49.

M24 1972 c. 47.

M25 1972 c. 46.

61 Power of local housing authority to supply furniture to housing association tenants. E+W+S

(1) A local housing authority may sell, or supply under a hire-purchase agreement, furniture to the occupants of houses provided by a housing association under arrangements made with the authority, and may buy furniture for this purpose.

(2) In this section “hire-purchase agreement” means a hire-purchase agreement or conditional sale agreement within the meaning of the M26 Consumer Credit Act 1974.

Marginal Citations

M26 1974 c. 39.

62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F95 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F95 S. 62 repealed (with saving) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18: S.I. 1989/404, art. 3(d))

63—66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F96 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F96 Ss. 63–66 repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 119(5), 120(1)(2), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I (and s. 64(4) is also expressed to be repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.XIV Gp. 2).

Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners E+W+S

67 Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners: England and Wales. E+W

(1) The Public Works Loan Commissioners may lend money to a [F97 registered housing association] —

(a) for the purpose of constructing or improving, or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement, of houses,

(b) for the purchase of houses which the association desires to purchase with a view to their improvement, and

(c) for the purchase and development of land.

(2) A loan for any of those purposes, and interest on the loan, shall be secured by mortgage of—

(a) the land in respect of which that purchase is to be carried out, and

(b) such other lands, if any, as may be offered as security for the loan;

and the money lent shall not exceed three-quarters (or, if the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the loan is guaranteed by a local authority, nine-tenths) of the value, to be ascertained to the satisfaction of the Public Works Loan Commissioners, of the estate or interest in the land proposed to be so mortgaged.

(3) Loans may be made by instalments as the building of houses or other work on land mortgaged under subsection (2) progresses (so, however, that the total amount lent does not at any time exceed the amount specified in that subsection); and a mortgage may be accordingly made to secure such loans so to be made.

(4) If the loan exceeds two-thirds of the value referred to in subsection (2), and is not guaranteed as to principal and interest by a local authority, the Public Works Loan Commissioners shall require, in addition to such a mortgage as is mentioned in that subsection, such further security as they may think fit.

(5) Subject to subsection (6), the period for repayment of a loan under this section shall not exceed 40 years, and no money shall be lent on mortgage of any land unless the estate proposed to be mortgaged is either an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or an estate for a term of years absolute of which not less than 50 years are unexpired at the date of the loan.

(6) Where a loan under this section is made for the purpose of carrying out a scheme for the provision of houses approved by the Secretary of State, the maximum period for the repayment of the loan is 50 instead of 40 years, and money may be lent on the mortgage of an estate for a term of years absolute of which a period of not less than ten years in excess of the period fixed for the repayment of the sums advanced remains unexpired at the date of the loan.

Textual Amendments

F97 Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 13(a)

68 Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners: Scotland. E+W+S

(1) The Public Works Loan Commissioners may lend money to a [F98 registered housing association]—

(a) for the purpose of constructing or improving, or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement of, houses,

(b) for the purchase of houses, and

(c) for the purchase and development of land.

(2) A loan for any of those purposes shall be secured with interest by a heritable security over—

(a) the land in respect of which that purpose is to be carried out, and

(b) such other land, if any, as may be offered as security for the loan;

and the money lent shall not exceed three-quarters (or, if the payment of the principal of and interest on the loan is guaranteed by a local authority, nine-tenths) of the value, to be ascertained to the satisfaction of the Public Works Loan Commissioners, of the estate or interest in the land proposed to be burdened.

(3) Loans may be made by instalments as the building of houses or other work on the land burdened under subsection (2) progresses (so, however, that the total loans do not at any time exceed the amount specified in that subsection); and the heritable security may be granted accordingly to secure such loans so to be made.

(4) If the loan exceeds two-thirds of the value referred to in subsection (2), and is not guaranteed as to principal and interest by a local authority, the Public Works Loan Commissioners shall require, in addition to such a heritable security as is mentioned in that subsection, such further security as they may think fit.

(5) Subject to subsection (6), the period for repayment of a loan under this section shall not exceed 40 years, and no money shall be lent on the security of any land unless the estate or interest proposed to be burdened is either ownership or a lease of which a period of not less than 50 years remains unexpired at the date of the loan.

(6) Where a loan under this section is made for the purposes of carrying out a scheme for the provision of houses approved by the Secretary of State, the maximum period for the repayment of the loan is 50 instead of 40 years, and money may be lent on heritable security over a lease recorded under the M27 Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857 of which a period of not less than ten years in excess of the period fixed for the repayment of the loan remains unexpired at the date of the loan.

Textual Amendments

F98 Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 13(b)

Marginal Citations

M27 1857 c. 26.

Miscellaneous E+W+S

69 Power to vary or terminate certain agreements with housing associations. E+W+S

(1) This section applies to agreements of the following descriptions—

(a) an agreement for a loan to a housing association by the Housing Corporation under section 2 of the M28 Housing Act 1964 [F99 (including such an agreement under which rights and obligations have been transferred to Housing for Wales)];

(b) an agreement which continues in force under Part I of Schedule 4 (arrangements with local authority for the provision or improvement of housing);

(c) an agreement to which Part II of Schedule 4 applies (subsidy agreements with local authorities);

(d) an agreement which continues in force under Part III of Schedule 4 (special arrangements with the Secretary of State);

(e) an agreement for a loan or grant to a housing association under section 58(2) or 59(2) (financial assistance by local authorities);

(f) a scheme which continues in force under Part V of Schedule 5 (schemes for unification of grant conditions).

[F100 (g) an agreement for a loan or grant to a registered housing association under section 24 of the Local Government Act 1988 (power to provide financial assistance for privately let housing accommodation).]

(2) On the application of a party to an agreement to which this section applies, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, direct—

(a) that the agreement shall have effect with such variations, determined by him or agreed by the parties, as may be specified in the direction, or

(b) that the agreement shall be terminated.

[F101 (2A) In the case of an agreement under which rights and obligations have been transferred to Housing for Wales, the reference to a party to the agreement includes a reference to Housing for Wales.]

(3) No variation shall be directed under subsection (2) which would have the effect of including in an agreement a term—

(a) limiting the aggregate amount of rents payable in respect of dwellings to which the agreement relates or contributions towards the cost of maintaining such dwellings, or

(b) specifying a limit which the rent of a dwelling is not to exceed.

This subsection does not extend to Scotland.

(4) No variation shall be directed under subsection (2) which would have the effect of including in an agreement a term relating to the rent payable in respect of a house to which the agreement relates or contributions towards the cost of maintaining such a house.

This subsection extends to Scotland only.

Textual Amendments

F99 Words added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(b), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 28(1)

F100 S. 69(1)(g) inserted by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1), s. 24(5)(c)

F101 S. 69(2A) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(b), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 28(2)

Marginal Citations

M28 1964 c. 56.

[F102 69A Land subject to housing management agreement. E+W+S

A housing association is not entitled to a [F103 grant under section 50 (housing association grant) or section 51 (revenue deficit grant) of the Housing Act 1988] in respect of land comprised in—

(a) a management agreement within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985 (see sections 27(2) and 27B(4) of that Act: delegation of housing management functions by certain authorities), or

(b) an agreement to which section [F104 22 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987] applies (agreements for exercise by housing co-operatives of certain local authority housing functions).]

Textual Amendments

F102 S. 69A inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 42

F103 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 29 (which substitution has a saving in S.I. 1989/404, arts. 3(c)(ii), 4)

F104 Words “22 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987” substituted (S.) for “5 of the Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975” by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 31(8)

70 Continuation of arrangements under repealed enactments. E+W+S

The provisions of Schedule 4 have effect in relation to certain arrangements affecting housing associations which continue in force despite the repeal of the enactments under or by reference to which they were made, as follows—

• Part I —Arrangements with local authorities for the provision or improvement of housing.

• Part II —Subsidy agreements with local authorities.

• Part III —Special arrangements with the Secretary of State in Scotland.

71 Superseded contributions, subsidies and grants. E+W+S

The provisions of Schedule 5 have effect with respect to superseded subsidies, contributions and grants, as follows—

• Part I —Residual subsidies: England and Wales.

• Part II —Residual subsidies: Scotland.

• Part III—Contributions and grants under arrangements with local authorities.

• Part IV—Contributions under arrangements with the Secretary of State in Scotland.

• Part V —Schemes for the unification of grant conditions.

• Part VI—New building subsidy and improvement subsidy.

• Part VII—Payments in respect of hostels under pre-1974 enactments.

Supplementary provisions E+W+S

72 Minor definitions. E+W+S

In this Part—

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F105

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F105

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F105

• “registered charity” has the same meaning as in Part I.

Textual Amendments

F105 Definitions repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(1)(2), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I

73 Index of defined expressions: Part II. E+W+S

The following Table shows provisions defining or explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression in the same section);—

. . . F106	. . . F106
. . . F107	. . . F107
. . . F107	. . . F107
co-operative housing association	section 1(2)
dwelling	section 106
fully mutual (in relation to a housing association)	section 1(2)
heritable security	section 106
hostel	section 106
. . . F108	. . . F108
house	section 106
housing activities	section 106
housing association	section 1(1)
. . . F108	. . . F108
. . . F108	. . . F108
local authority	section 106
local housing authority	section 104
. . . F109	. . . F109
registered and related expressions (in relation to a housing association)	section 3(2)
registered charity	section 72
. . . F106	. . . F106
self-build society	section 1(3)
. . . F110	. . . F110
. . . F106	. . . F106

Textual Amendments

F106 Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F107 Entries repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(1)(2), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I

F108 Entries repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F109 Entry repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a), 120(1)(2), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I

F110 By Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 8(2) an entry relating to shared ownership agreement was inserted in s. 73 at the appropriate place and by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18 that entry was repealed

Part III E+W+S The Housing Corporation

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11 Pt. III (ss. 74-102) excluded (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 7, Sch. 1 para. 15(6); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch.)

Constitution and other general matters E+W+S

74 The Housing Corporation. E+W+S

(1) This Part has effect with respect to the Housing Corporation [F111 and Housing for Wales, each of], which is referred to in this Part as “the Corporation”.

(2) The provisions of Schedule 6 have effect with respect to the constitution and proceedings of, and other matters relating to, [F112 the Housing Corporation].

[F113 (3) In this Part “registered housing association” in relation to the Corporation, means a housing association registered in the register maintained by the Corporation.

(4) In this Part,—

(a) in relation to land in Wales held by an unregistered housing association, “the Corporation” means Housing for Wales; and

(b) in relation to land outside Wales held by such an association, “the Corporation” means the Housing Corporation.]

Textual Amendments

F111 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 31(1)

F112 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 31(2)

F113 S. 74(3)(4) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 31(3)

75 General functions of the Corporation. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation has the following general functions—

(a) to promote and assist the development of registered housing associations and unregistered self-build societies;

(b) to facilitate the proper performance of the functions, and to publicise the aims and principles, of registered housing associations and unregistered self-build societies;

(c) to maintain [F114 the register of housing associations referred to in section 3] and to exercise supervision and control over registered housing associations;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F115

(e) to undertake, to such extent as the Corporation considers necessary, the provision (by construction, acquisition, conversion, improvement or otherwise) of dwellings for letting or for sale and of hostels, and the management of dwellings or hostels so provided.

(2) The Corporation shall exercise its general functions subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(3) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to specific functions conferred on the Corporation by or under this Act.

(4) The Corporation may do such things and enter into such transactions as are incidental to or conducive to the exercise of any of its functions, general or specific, under this Act.

[F116 (5) Section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (local authorities: general statutory duty) shall apply to the Corporation as it applies to a local authority.]

Textual Amendments

F114 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 32

F115 Ss. 41–51, 75(1)(d) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F116 S. 75(5) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 56

76 Directions by the Secretary of State. E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may give directions to the Corporation as to the exercise of its functions.

(2) A direction as to the terms of loans made under section 79 (lending powers of Corporation) requires the consent of the Treasury.

(3) Directions may be of a general or particular character and may be varied or revoked by subsequent directions.

(4) Non-compliance with a direction does not invalidate a transaction between a person and the Corporation unless the person had actual notice of the direction.

Yn ddilys o 01/08/1996

[F117 76A Realisation of value of Corporation’s loans portfolio. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may, and if so directed by the Secretary of State (under section 76) shall, enter into arrangements of a description approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of realising the value of the whole or part of its loans portfolio.

(2) The arrangements may provide for—

(a) the transfer of any estate or interest of the Corporation, or

(b) the creation or disposal of economic interests not involving a transfer of an estate or interest,

and may extend to such incidental or ancillary matters as the Corporation or the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(3) In this section the Corporation’s “loans portfolio” means the Corporation’s rights and obligations in relation to any loans or related securities.

(4) Nothing in the terms of any loan or related transaction entered into by the Corporation shall be construed as impliedly prohibiting or restricting the Corporation from dealing with its loans portfolio in accordance with arrangements under this section.]

Textual Amendments

F117 S. 76A inserted (E.W.) (1.8.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 55(1), Sch. 3 para. 6; S.I. 1996/2048, art. 2

77 Advisory service. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may provide an advisory service for the purpose of giving advice on legal, architectural and other technical matters to housing associations (whether registered or unregistered) and to persons who are forming a housing association or are interested in the possibility of doing so.

(2) The Corporation may make charges for the service.

[F118 (3) The powers conferred on the Corporation by subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised by the Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales acting jointly]

Textual Amendments

F118 S. 77(3) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 33

78 Annual report. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, make a report to the Secretary of State on the exercise of its functions during the year.

(2) It shall include in the report a copy of its audited accounts and shall set out in the report any directions given to it by the Secretary of State during the year.

(3) The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament.

Corporation’s powers with respect to grants and loans E+W+S

79 Lending powers. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may lend to—

• a registered housing association,

• an unregistered self-build society,

• a subsidiary of the Corporation, or

• any other body in which the Corporation holds an interest,

for the purpose of enabling the body to meet the whole or part of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it in carrying out its objects.

(2) The Corporation may lend to an individual for the purpose of assisting him to acquire from the Corporation, or from any such body as is mentioned in subsection (1), a legal estate or interest in a dwelling which he intends to occupy.

(3) A loan under this section may be by way of temporary loan or otherwise, and the terms of a loan made under subsection (1) may include (though the terms of a loan made under subsection (2) may not) terms for preventing repayment of the loan or part of it before a specified date without the consent of the Corporation.

(4) The terms of a loan under this section shall, subject to subsection (3) and to any direction under section 76 (general power of Secretary of State to give directions), be such as the Corporation may determine, either generally or in a particular case.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 S. 79(2) modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 58(3)(4)

80 Security for loans to unregistered self-build societies. E+W+S

(1) Where the Corporation—

(a) makes a loan to an unregistered self-build society under section 79(1); and

(b) under a mortgage or heritable security entered into by the society to secure the loan has an interest as mortgagee or creditor in land belonging to the society,

it may, with the written consent of the Secretary of State, give the society directions with respect to the disposal of the land.

(2) The society shall comply with directions so given so long as the Corporation continues to have such an interest in the land.

(3) Directions so given may be varied or revoked by subsequent directions given with the like consent.

(4) The Secretary of State shall not consent to the Corporation’s giving directions under this section requiring a society to transfer its interest in land to the Corporation, or to any other person, unless he is satisfied that arrangements have been made which will secure that the members of the society receive fair treatment in connection with the transfer.

81 Further advances in case of disposal on shared ownership lease. E+W+S

Where—

(a) a lease of a dwelling, granted otherwise than in pursuance of the provisions of Part V of the M29 Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy) relating to shared ownership leases, contains a provision to the like effect as that required by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to that Act (terms of shared ownership lease: right of tenant to acquire additional shares), and

(b) the Corporation has, in exercise of any of its powers, left outstanding or advanced any amount on the security of the dwelling,

that power includes power to advance further amounts for the purpose of assisting the tenant to make payments in pursuance of that provision.

Marginal Citations

M29 1985 c. 68.

82 Loans made under s. 2 of the Housing Act 1964. E+W+S

Schedule 7 (further powers of Corporation with respect to land of certain housing associations) applies where a loan has been made to a housing association under section 2 of the M30 Housing Act 1964 and the loan has not been repaid.

Marginal Citations

M30 1964 c. 56.

83 Power to guarantee loans. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may, with the consent of the Secretary of State given with the approval of the Treasury, guarantee the repayment of the principal of, and the payment of interest on, sums borrowed by—

• registered housing associations,

• unregistered self-build societies, or

• other bodies in which the Corporation holds an interest.

(2) Where the Corporation gives such a guarantee, it may impose such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.

(3) The aggregate amount outstanding in respect of—

(a) loans for which [F119 the Housing Corporation] has given a guarantee under this section, and

(b) payments made by [F119 the Housing Corporation] in meeting an obligation arising by virtue of such a guarantee and not repaid to [F119 the Housing Corporation],

shall not exceed £300 million or such greater sum not exceeding £500 million as the Secretary of State may specify by order made with the approval of the Treasury.

[F120 (3A) The aggregate amount outstanding in respect of—

(a) loans for which Housing for Wales has given a guarantee under this section, and

(b) payments made by Housing for Wales in meeting an obligation arising by virtue of such a guarantee and not repaid to Housing for Wales,

shall not exceed £30 million or such greater sum not exceeding £50 million as the Secretary of State may specify by order made with the approval of the Treasury]

(4) An order under subsection (3) [F121 or subsection (3A)] shall be made by statutory instrument and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by the House of Commons.

Textual Amendments

F119 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 34(1)

F120 S. 83(3A) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 34(2)

F121 Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 34(3)

84 Agreements to indemnify certain lenders: England and Wales. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, enter into an agreement with—

(a) a building society lending on the security of a house, or

(b) a recognised body making a relevant advance on the security of a house,

whereby, in the event of default by the mortgagor, and in circumstances and subject to conditions specified in the agreement, the Corporation binds itself to indemnify the society or body in respect of the whole or part of the mortgagor’s outstanding indebtedness and any loss or expense falling on the society or body in consequence of the mortgagor’s default.

(2) The agreement may also, if the mortgagor is made party to it, enable or require the Corporation in specified circumstances to take a transfer of the mortgage and assume rights and liabilities under it, the building society or recognised body being then discharged in respect of them.

(3) The transfer may be made to take effect—

(a) on terms provided for by the agreement (including terms involving substitution of a new mortgage agreement or modification of the existing one), and

(b) so that the Corporation is treated as acquiring (for and in relation to the purposes of the mortgage) the benefit and burden of all preceding acts, omissions and events.

(4) The Secretary of State may approve particular agreements or give notice that particular forms of agreement have his approval, and in either case may make his approval subject to conditions.

(5) The Secretary of State shall, before giving notice that a particular form of agreement has his approval, consult—

(a) in the case of a form of agreement with a building society, the [F122 Building Societies Commission] and such organisations representative of building societies and local authorities as he thinks expedient, and

(b) in the case of a form of agreement with a recognised body, such organisations representative of such bodies and local authorities as he thinks expedient.

(6) Section 16(3) and (5) of the M31 Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (recommendations by services supply associations to members) does not apply to recommendations made to building societies or recognised bodies about the making of agreements under this section, provided that the recommendations are made with the approval of the Secretary of State, which may be withdrawn at any time on one month’s notice.

Textual Amendments

F122 Words substituted by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(1), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22, 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c.71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61

Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 20(l) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 9

Marginal Citations

M31 1976 c. 34.

85 Meaning of “recognised body” and “relevant advance”. E+W+S

(1) The expressions “recognised body” and “relevant advance” in section 84 (agreements to indemnify certain lenders) shall be construed in accordance with the following provisions.

(2) A “recognised body” means a body specified, or of a class or description specified, in an order made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.

(3) Before making such an order varying or revoking an order previously made, the Secretary of State shall give an opportunity for representations to be made on behalf of a recognised body which, if the order were made, would cease to be such a body.

(4) A “relevant advance” means an advance made to a person whose interest in the dwelling is or was acquired by virtue of a conveyance of the freehold or an assignment of a long lease, or a grant of a long lease by—

• a local authority,

• a new town corporation,

• an urban development corporation,

• the Development Board for Rural Wales,

• the Corporation, or

• a registered housing association.

(5) In subsection (4) “long lease” has the same meaning as in Part V of the M32 Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14 Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22, 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c.71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61

Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 20(l) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 9

C15 S. 85(4) explained by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)

Marginal Citations

M32 1985 c. 68.

86 Agreements to indemnify building societies: Scotland. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, enter into an agreement with a building society [F123 or recognised body] under which the Corporation binds itself to indemnify the building society [F123 or recognised body] in respect of—

(a) the whole or part of any outstanding indebtedness of a borrower; and

(b) loss or expense to the building society [F123 or recognised body] resulting from the failure of the borrower duly to perform any obligation imposed on him by [F124 a] heritable security.

(2) The agreement may also, where the borrower is made party to it, enable or require the Corporation in specified circumstances to take an assignation of the rights and liabilities of the building society [F125 or recognised body] under the heritable security.

(3) Approval of the Secretary of State under subsection (1) may be given generally in relation to agreements which satisfy specified requirements, or in relation to individual agreements, and with or without conditions, as he thinks fit, and such approval may be withdrawn at any time on one month’s notice.

(4) Before issuing any general approval under subsection (1) the Secretary of State shall consult with such bodies as appear to him to be representative of islands and district councils, and of building societies, and also with the Corporation and with the [F126 Building Societies Commission].

(5) Section 16(3) and (5) of the M33 Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (recommendations by services supply associations to members) does not apply to recommendations made to building societies [F127 or recognised bodies] about the making of agreements under this section provided that the recommendations are made with the approval of the Secretary of State.

[F128 (6) In this section, “recognised body” means a body designated, or of a class or description designated, in an order made under this subsection by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.

(7) Before making an order under subsection (6) above varying or revoking an order previously so made, the Secretary of State shall give an opportunity for representations to be made on behalf of a recognised body which, if the order were made, would cease to be such a body.]

Textual Amendments

F123 Words inserted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(6)(a)(i)

F124 “a” substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(6)(a)(ii)

F125 Words inserted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(6)(b)

F126 Words substituted by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(1), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(3)

F127 Words inserted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(6)(c)

F128 S. 86(6)(7) added by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(6)(d)

Marginal Citations

M33 1976 c. 34.

[F129 87 Financial assistance with respect to formation, management, etc. of certain housing associations. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may give financial assistance to any person in respect of the following activities—

(a) promoting and giving advice on the formation of registered housing associations and co-operative housing associations (in this section referred to collectively as “relevant associations”);

(b) managing, providing services for, and giving advice on the running of, relevant associations; and

(c) assisting tenants and licensees of a relevant association to take part in the management of the association or of some or all of the dwellings provided by the association.

(2) Assistance under this section may be in the form of grants, loans, guarantees or incurring expenditure for the benefit of the person assisted or in such other way as the Corporation considers appropriate, except that the Corporation may not, in giving any form of financial assistance, purchase loan or share capital in a company.

(3) With respect to financial assistance under this section, the following—

(a) the procedure to be followed in relation to applications for assistance,

(b) the circumstances in which assistance is or is not to be given,

(c) the method for calculating, and any limitations on, the amount of assistance, and

(d) the manner in which, and the time or times at which, assistance is to be given,

shall be such as may be specified by the Corporation, acting in accordance with such principles as it may from time to time determine.

(4) In giving assistance under this section, the Corporation may provide that the assistance is conditional upon compliance by the person to whom the assistance is given with such conditions as it may specify.

(5) Where assistance under this section is given in the form of a grant, subsections (1), (2) and (7) to (9) of section 52 of the Housing Act 1988 (recovery, etc. of grants) shall apply as they apply in relation to a grant to which that section applies, but with the substitution, for any reference in those subsections to the registered housing association to which the grant has been given, of a reference to the person to whom assistance is given under this section.

(6) Section 53 of the Housing Act 1988 (determinations under Part II) shall apply in relation to a determination under this section as it applies to a determination under sections 50 to 52 of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F129 S. 87 beginning “The Corporation may give financial assistance” substituted for s. 87 beginning “The Corporation may make grants” by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42 SIF 61), s.183

Corporation’s powers with respect to land and works E+W+S

88 Acquisition of land. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may acquire land by agreement for the purpose of—

(a) selling or leasing it to a registered housing association or an unregistered self-build society, or

(b) providing dwellings (for letting or for sale) or hostels,

and may be authorised by the Secretary of State to acquire land compulsorily for any such purpose.

(2) Land may be so acquired by the Corporation notwithstanding that it is not immediately required for any such purpose.

(3) In relation to a compulsory purchase of land by the Corporation under this section—

(a) in England and Wales, the M34 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applies;

(b) in Scotland, the M35 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 applies as if the Corporation were a local authority and as if this section were contained in an Act in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.

(4) For the purposes of the purchase of land in Scotland by agreement by the Corporation—

(a) the Lands Clauses Acts (except so much of them as relates to the acquisition of land otherwise than by agreement, the provisions relating to access to the special Act and section 120 to 125 of the M36 Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845), and

(b) sections 6 and 70 to 78 of the M37 Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (as originally enacted and not as amended by section 15 of the M38 Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923),

are hereby incorporated with this section, and in construing those Acts for the purposes of this section this section shall be deemed to be the special Act and the Corporation shall be deemed to be the promotors of the undertaking or company, as the case may require.

(5) In Scotland the Corporation may (without prejudice to their own power to acquire land compulsorily) request the Scottish Special Housing Association to acquire land compulsorily on its behalf (as provided in section [F130 23 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987]) for any purpose for which the Corporation may purchase land compulsorily.

Textual Amendments

F130 Words “23 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987” substituted (S.) for “175(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966” by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 31(9)

Marginal Citations

M34 1981 c. 67.

M35 1947 c. 42.

M36 1845 c. 19.

M37 1845 c. 33.

M38 1923 c. 20.

89 Provision of dwellings or hostels and clearance, management and development of land. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may provide or improve dwellings or hostels on land belonging to it.

(2) The Corporation may clear land belonging to it and carry out other work on the land to prepare it as a building site or estate, including—

(a) the laying out and construction of streets or roads and open spaces, and

(b) the provision of sewerage facilities and supplies of gas, electricity and water.

(3) The Corporation may repair, maintain and insure buildings or works on land belonging to it, may generally deal in the proper course of management with such land and buildings or works on it, and may charge for the tenancy or occupation of such land, buildings or works.

(4) The Corporation may carry out such operations on, and do such other things in relation to, land belonging to it as appear to it to be conducive to facilitating the provision or improvement of dwellings or hostels on the land—

(a) by the Corporation itself, or

(b) by a registered housing association or unregistered self-build society.

(5) In the exercise of its powers under subsection (4) the Corporation may carry out any development ancillary to or in connection with the provision of dwellings or hostels, including development which makes provision for buildings or land to be used for commercial, recreational or other non-domestic purposes.

90 Disposal of land. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may dispose of land in respect of which it has not exercised its powers under section 89(1) (provision or improvement of dwellings or hostels) and on which it has not carried out any such development as is mentioned in section 89(5) (ancillary development) to—

• a registered housing association,

• an unregistered self-build society,

• a subsidiary of the Corporation, or

• any other body in which the Corporation holds an interest.

(2) The Corporation may dispose of land on which dwellings or hostels have been provided or improved in exercise of its powers under section 89 to—

• a registered housing association,

• a local authority,

• a new town corporation,

• [F131 Scottish Homes]

• the Development Board for Rural Wales, or

• a subsidiary of the Corporation.

(3) The Corporation may sell or lease individual dwellings to persons for their own occupation; but where the dwelling concerned was acquired by compulsory purchase under section 88(1), it shall not be disposed of under this subsection without the written consent of the Secretary of State.

(4) The Corporation may dispose of a building or land intended for use for commercial, recreational or other non-domestic purposes in respect of which development has been carried out by virtue of section 89; but no such building or land shall be disposed of for less than the best consideration it commands except with the written consent of the Secretary of State.

(5) The Corporation may dispose of land which is not required for the purposes for which it was acquired; but where the land—

(a) was acquired compulsorily by, or on behalf of, the Corporation or by a local housing authority who transferred it to the Corporation, or

(b) is disposed of (otherwise than for use as, or in connection with, a highway or street) for less than the best consideration it commands,

the Corporation shall not dispose of the land except with the written consent of the Secretary of State.

(6) The Corporation may not dispose of land except in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Textual Amendments

F131 Reference to “Scottish Homes” substituted for the reference to “Scottish Special Housing Association” by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43 SIF, 61) ss. 1, 3(3) sch. 2 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16 Reference to "Scottish Homes" substituted for the reference to "Scottish Special Housing Association" by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3(3) Sch. 2 para. 1

91 Protection of persons deriving title under transactions requiring consent. E+W+S

Where the Corporation purport to acquire or dispose of land—

(a) in favour of a person claiming under the Corporation the transaction is not invalid by reason that any consent of the Secretary of State which is required has not been given, and

(b) a person dealing with the Corporation, or with a person claiming under the Corporation, shall not be concerned to see or inquire whether any such consent has been given.

The Corporation’s finances E+W+S

92 Borrowing powers. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may borrow from the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State may lend to the Corporation, by way of temporary loan or otherwise, such sums in sterling as the Corporation may require.

(2) The Corporation may, with the consent of the Secretary of State or in accordance with a general authorisation given by him, borrow temporarily by overdraft or otherwise such sums in sterling as the Corporation may require.

(3) The Corporation may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, borrow—

(a) from the European Investment Bank or the Commission of the European Communities, sums in any currency, and

(b) from any other person, sums in a currency other than sterling.

(4) A loan made to the Corporation by the Secretary of State shall be repaid to him at such times and by such methods, and interest on the loan shall be paid to him at such rates and at such times, as he may from time to time determine.

(5) The Treasury may issue to the Secretary of State out of the National Loans Fund such sums as are necessary to enable him to make loans to the Corporation in pursuance of this section; and sums received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of subsection (4) shall be paid into that Fund.

(6) The Secretary of State may act under this section only with the approval of the Treasury.

93 Limit on borrowing. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation has only the borrowing powers conferred by section 92 and those powers are exercisable subject to the following limit.

(2) The aggregate amount outstanding by way of principal of—

(a) advances made to the Corporation under section 9 of the M39 Housing Act 1964 before 18th September 1974 (when that section was repealed),

(b) advances made to housing associations before 1st April 1975 in respect of which the rights and obligations of the Secretary of State were then transferred to the Corporation by section 34 of the M40 Housing Act 1974,

(c) money borrowed by the Corporation under section 92, and

(d) money borrowed by a subsidiary of the Corporation otherwise than from the Corporation,

[F132 shall not exceed the limit appropriate to the Corporation under subsection (2A)].

[F133 (2A) The limit referred to in subsection (2) is,—

(a) in the case of the Housing Corporation, £2,000 million or such greater sum not exceeding £3,000 million as the Secretary of State may specify by order made with the consent of the Treasury; and

(b) in the case of Housing for Wales, £250 million or such greater sum not exceeding £300 million as the Secretary of State may specify by order made with the consent of the Treasury.]

(3) An order under subsection [F134 (2A)] shall be made by statutory instrument and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by the House of Commons.

(4) In ascertaining the limit imposed by subsection [F134 (2A)], interest payable on a loan made by the Secretary of State to the Corporation which, with the approval of the Treasury, is deferred and treated as part of the loan, shall, so far as outstanding, be treated as outstanding by way of principal.

(5) The power of the Corporation to borrow from a subsidiary of the Corporation is not affected by subsection (1) and borrowing from such a subsidiary shall be left out of account for the purposes of subsection [F134 (2A)].

Textual Amendments

F132 Words substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 35(1)

F133 S. 93(2A) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 35(2)

F134 “2A” substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 35(3)

Marginal Citations

M39 1964 c. 56.

M40 1974 c. 44.

94 Treasury guarantees of borrowing. E+W+S

(1) The Treasury may guarantee, in such manner and on such conditions as they think fit, the repayment of the principal of and the payment of interest on and the discharge of any other financial obligation in connection with sums which the Corporation borrows from a person other than the Secretary of State.

(2) Immediately after a guarantee is given the Treasury shall lay a statement of the guarantee before each House of Parliament.

(3) Any sums required by the Treasury for fulfilling the guarantee shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund.

(4) If any sums are so issued, the Corporation shall make to the Treasury, at such times and in such manner as the Treasury may from time to time direct—

(a) payments of such amounts as the Treasury so direct in or towards repayment of the sums so issued, and

(b) payments of interest, at such rate as the Treasury so direct, on what is outstanding for the time being in respect of sums so issued.

(5) Sums received by the Treasury in pursuance of subsection (4) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(6) Where a sum is issued for fulfilling a guarantee given under this section, the Treasury shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, beginning with that in which the sum is issued and ending with that in which all liability in respect of the principal of the sum and in respect of interest on it is finally discharged, lay before each House of Parliament a statement relating to the sum.

95 Grants to the Corporation. E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may make such grants to the Corporation as appear to him to be required to enable the Corporation to meet the expenses incurred by it in the exercise of its functions.

(2) A grant may be made subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3) The Secretary of State may act under this section only with the consent of the Treasury.

96 General financial provisions. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may turn its resources to account so far as they are not required for the exercise of its functions.

(2) If for an accounting year the revenues of the Corporation exceed the total sums properly chargeable to revenue account, the Corporation shall apply the excess in such manner as the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Corporation, direct; and the Secretary of State may direct that the whole or part of the excess be paid to him.

(3) The Secretary of State may give directions to the Corporation as to matters relating to—

(a) the establishment or management of reserves,

(b) the carrying of sums to the credit of reserves, or

(c) the application of reserves for the purposes of the Corporation’s functions.

(4) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Corporation, direct the Corporation to pay to him the whole or part of any sums for the time being standing to the credit of reserves of the Corporation or being of a capital nature and not required for the exercise of the Corporation’s functions.

(5) The Secretary of State may act under this section only with the approval of the Treasury.

97 Accounts and audit. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation shall keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts and shall prepare in respect of each financial year annual accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct.

(2) The accounts of the Corporation for each financial year shall be audited by a qualified accountant appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

(3) As soon as the annual accounts of the Corporation for a financial year have been audited, the Corporation shall send to the Secretary of State a copy of the accounts prepared by it for the year in accordance with this section, together with a copy of any report made on them by the auditor.

(4) The Secretary of State shall prepare in respect of each financial year, in such form and manner as the Treasury may direct, an account of—

(a) the sums issued to him and lent to the Corporation, and

(b) sums received by him from the Corporation and paid into the National Loans Fund in respect of the principal and interest on sums so lent, or on sums advanced to the Corporation under section 9 of the M41 Housing Act 1964,

and shall transmit the accounts so prepared by him to the Comptroller and Auditor General on or before 30th November in the following financial year.

(5) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine and certify the accounts prepared by the Secretary of State and lay before each House of Parliament copies of the accounts together with his report on them.

(6) In this section “qualified accountant” means a person who is a member, or a firm all the partners in which are members, of one or more of the following bodies—

(a) the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;

(b) the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland;

(c) the Association of Certified Accountants;

(d) the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;

(e) any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and recognised for the purposes of section 389(1)(a) of the M42 Companies Act 1985.

Marginal Citations

M41 1964 c. 56.

M42 1985 c. 6.

Acquisition of securities and control of subsidiaries E+W+S

98 Acquisition of securities and promotion of body corporate. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation may with the consent of the Secretary of State—

(a) subscribe for or acquire securities of a body corporate, and

(b) promote or participate in the promotion of a body corporate.

(2) In the section “securities” means shares, stock, debenture stock and other securities of a like nature.

99 Control of subsidiaries. E+W+S

(1) The Corporation shall exercise its control over its subsidiaries so as to secure that no subsidiary—

(a) engages in an activity which the Corporation is not empowered to carry on, or

(b) engages in an activity in a manner in which the Corporation itself could not engage by reason of a direction given to it under section 76 (directions by Secretary of State).

(2) The Corporation shall also exercise its control over its subsidiaries so as to secure that no subsidiary of its—

(a) borrows money from a person other than the Corporation, or

(b) raises money by the issue of shares or stock to a person other than the Corporation,

without the consent of the Secretary of State.

Supplementary provisions E+W+S

[F135 100 Scottish Special Housing Association may act as agents for Corporation in Scotland. E+W+S

The Corporation may, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between it and the Scottish Special Housing Association, authorise the Association to act in Scotland as the agents of the Corporation for the purpose of carrying out any of the functions vested in the Corporation under—

(a) section 77 (advisory service),

(b) sections 88 and 89 (powers with respect to land and works), or

(c) paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 (schemes for provision of housing accommodation in place of a housing association).]

Textual Amendments

F135 S. 100 repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2),Sch. 3

101 Minor definitions. E+W+S

In this Part—

• [F136 “building society” means a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986;]

• “financial year” means the period of 12 months ending with the 31st March;

• “highway”, in relation to Scotland, includes a public right of way;

• “subsidiary” has [F137 the meaning given by section 736 of] the Companies Act.

Textual Amendments

F136 Definition substituted by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(1), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 19(4)

F137 Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 144(4), Sch. 18 para. 41

102 Index of defined expressions: Part III. E+W+S

The following Table shows provisions defining or explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression in the same section or paragraph):—

building society	section 101
the Companies Act	section 106
dwelling	section 106
financial year	section 101
heritable security	section 106
highway (in relation to Scotland)	section 101
hostel	section 106
housing association	section 1(1)
local authority	section 106
local housing authority	section 104
new town corporation	section 106
recognised body	section 85(2)
registered (in relation to a housing association)	section 3(2)
relevant advance	section 85(4)
self-build society	section 1(3)
subsidiary	section 101
unregistered (in relation to a housing association)	section 3(2)
urban development corporation	section 106

Part IV E+W+S General Provisions

General provisions E+W+S

103 Application to Isles of Scilly. E+W+S

(1) This Act applies to the Isles of Scilly subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Secretary of State may by order direct.

(2) An order shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

104 Local housing authorities. E+W+S

(1) In this Act “local housing authority”—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given by section 1 of the M43 Housing Act 1985, and

(b) in relation to Scotland, means an islands or district council.

(2) References in this Act to the district of a local housing authority—

(a) in England and Wales shall be construed in accordance with section 2 of the Housing Act 1985, and

(b) in Scotland are to the islands area or the district, as the case may be.

Marginal Citations

M43 1985 c. 68.

105 Members of a person’s family. E+W+S

(1) A person is a member of another’s family if—

(a) he is the spouse of that person, or he and that person live together as husband and wife, or

(b) he is that person’s parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

(a) a relationship by marriage shall be treated as a relationship by blood,

(b) a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood,

(c) the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child, and

(d) an illegitimate child shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.

106 Minor definitions — general. E+W+S

(1) In the application of this Act in England and Wales—

• “bank” means—

[F138 (a) an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987, or]

(b) a company as to which the Secretary of State was satisfied immediately before the repeal of the M44 Protection of Depositors Act 1963 that it ought to be treated as a banking company or discount company for the purposes of that Act;

• “the Companies Act” means the M45 Companies Act 1985;

• “dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;

• “friendly society” means a friendly society or branch of a friendly society registered under the M46 Friendly Societies Act 1974 or earlier legislation;

• “hostel” means a building in which is provided for persons generally or for a class or classes of persons—

(a) residential accommodation otherwise than in separate and self-contained sets of premises, and

(b) either board or facilities for the preparation of food adequate to the needs of those persons, or both;

• “house” includes—

(a) any part of a building which is occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling;

(b) any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;

• [F139 “housing activities”, in relation to a registered housing association, means all its activities in pursuance of such of its purposes, objects or powers as are of a description mentioned in section 1(1)(a) or subsections (2) to (4) of section 4.]

• “insurance company” means an insurance company to which Part II of the M47 Insurance Companies Act 1982 applies;

• “local authority” means a county, district, or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly and in sections 84(5) and 85(4) includes . . . F140 a joint authority established by Part IV of the M48 Local Government Act 1985;

• “new town corporation” means the Commission for the New Towns or a development corporation within the meaning of the M49 New Towns Act 1981;

• “shared ownership lease” means a lease—

(a) granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the house or dwelling or of the cost of providing it, or

(b) under which the tenant (or his personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference directly or indirectly to the value of the house or dwelling;

• “trustee savings bank” means a trustee savings bank registered under the M50 Trustee Savings Bank Act 1981 or earlier legislation;

• “urban development corporation” means an urban development corporation established under Part XVI of the M51 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

(2) In the application of this Act in Scotland—

• “bank” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);

• “charge” includes a heritable security;

• “the Companies Act” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);

• “dwelling” means a house;

• “friendly society” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);

• [F141 “heritable security” means any security capable of being constituted over any interest in land by disposition or assignation of that interest in security of any debt and of being recorded in the Register of Sasines or, as the case may be, registered in the Land Register of Scotland and which includes a security constituted by an ex facie absolute disposition or assignation or by a standard security;]

• “hostel” means—

(a) in relation to a building provided or converted before 3rd January 1962, a building in which is provided, for persons generally or for any class or classes of persons, residential accommodation (otherwise than in separate and self-contained dwellings) and board, and

(b) in relation to a building provided or converted on or after that date, a building in which is provided for persons generally or for any class or classes of persons, residential accommodation (otherwise than in houses) and either board or common facilities for the preparation of adequate food to the needs of those persons, or both;

• “house” includes—

(a) any part of a building, being a part which is occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, and in particular includes a flat, and

(b) includes also any yard, garden, outhouses and pertinents belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;

• “housing activities” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);

• “insurance company” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);

• “local authority” means an islands council or district council;

• “mortgage” means a heritable security and “mortgagee” means a creditor in such a security;

• “new town corporation” means a development corporation within the meaning of the M52 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

• [F142 “shared ownership lease” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

• [F142 “shared ownership agreement” means an agreement whereby—

(a) a pro indiviso right in a dwelling is sold to a person and the remaining pro indiviso rights therein are leased to him subject to his being entitled, from time to time, to purchase those remaining rights until he has purchased the entire dwelling; or

(b) pro indiviso rights in dwellings are conveyed to trustees to hold on behalf of persons each of whom, by purchasing a share in those dwellings, becomes entitled to exclusive occupancy of one of the dwellings but with any such person who wishes to sell or otherwise dispose of his share being required to do so through the agency of the trustees,

or such other agreement as may be approved whereby a person acquires a pro indiviso right in a dwelling or dwellings and thereby becomes entitled to exclusive occupancy of the dwelling or, as the case may be, one of the dwellings;]

“trustee savings bank” has the same meaning as in subsection (1).

[F143 (3) In the definition of “shared ownership agreement” in subsection (2) above, “approved” means approved by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Housing Corporation.]

Textual Amendments

F138 Words substituted by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(1), Sch. 6 para. 22

F139 Definition substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 36

F140 Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F141 Definition repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2), Sch. 3

F142 Definition beginning “shared ownership agreement” substituted (S.) for definition beginning “shared ownership lease” by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 13(2) and Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 72(2), Sch. 9 para. 9

F143 S. 106(3) added (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 S. 106(1) amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 82(1), Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 20.

S. 106(1) amended (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1696, reg. 68(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 11

Marginal Citations

M44 1963 c. 16.

M45 1985 c. 6.

M46 1974 c. 46.

M47 1982 c. 50.

M48 1985 c. 51.

M49 1981 c. 64.

M50 1981 c. 65.

M51 1980 c. 65.

M52 1968 c. 16.

Final provisions E+W+S

107 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing Associations Act 1985.

(2) This Act comes into force on 1st April 1986.

(3) The following provisions of this Act apply to England and Wales only—

• section 2,

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F144

• section 8(2) and (3),

• sections 11 and 12,

• section [F145 17(4)],

• section 18,

• section 20,

• section 31,

• sections 34 to 36,

• section 38,

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F146

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F146

• section 58,

• section 67,

• section 69(3),

• section 81,

• sections 84 and 85,

• section 103,

• [F147 section 105,]

• Schedules 2 and 3,

• In Schedule 4, Part I,

• In Schedule 5, Part I, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part III and paragraph 1 of Part V.

(4) The following provisions of this Act apply to Scotland only—

• [F148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F149

• section 15A]

• section 59,

• section 66,

• section 68,

• section 69(4),

• section 86,

• In Schedule 4, Part III,

• In Schedule 5, Part II, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part III, Part IV and Part VII.

(5) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F144 Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 18

F145 “17(4)” repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2), Sch. 3

F146 Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c.50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F147 Words repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2), Sch. 3

F148 Words inserted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(8)(b)

F149 Words repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

SCHEDULES

Sections 6, 9.

SCHEDULE 1 E+W+S Grant-Aided Land

Definition of “grant-aided land” E+W+S

1 For the purposes of section 9(1)(b) (control by Corporation of dispositions of land by unregistered housing associations) “grant-aided land” means land—

(a) in respect of which a payment of a description specified in paragraph 2 falls or fell to be made in respect of a period ending after 24th January 1974, or

(b) on which is, or has been, secured a loan of a description specified in paragraph 3 in respect of which a repayment (by way of principal or interest or both) falls or fell to be made after 24th January 1974.

Payments E+W+S

2 E+W+S The payments referred to in paragraph 1(a) are—

(a) payments by way of annual grants or exchequer contributions under—

• section 31(3) of the M53 Housing Act 1949,

• section 19(3) of the M54 Housing (Scotland) Act 1949, or

• section 121(3) of the M55 Housing (Scotland) Act 1950

(arrangements by local authorities for improvement of housing accommodation);

(b) payments by way of annual grants or exchequer contributions under—

• section 12(1) or 15 of the M56 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958,

• section 89(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1950,

• section 12 of the M57 Housing (Scotland) Act 1962, or

• section 21 of the M58 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968

(contributions for dwellings improved under arrangements with local authorities or grants for hostels);

(c) payments by way of annual grant or exchequer contributions under—

• section 12(6) of the M59 Housing Subsidies Act 1967,

• section 121 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1950,

• section 62 of the M60 Housing Act 1964, or

• section 17 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968

(subsidies for conversions or improvements by housing associations);

(d) payments by way of annual grant under—

section 21(8) of the M61 Housing Act 1969 (contributions for dwellings provided or improved by housing associations under arrangements with local authorities);

(e) payments by way of subsidy under—

• section 72, 73, 75 or 92 of the M62 Housing Finance Act 1972,

• section 52, 53, 55 or 57 of the M63 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972, or

• Parts I, II, VI and VII of Schedule 5 to this Act (basic or special residual subsidy, new building or improvement subsidy, hostel subsidy).

Marginal Citations

M53 1949 c. 60.

M54 1949 c. 61.

M55 1950 c. 34.

M56 1958 c. 42.

M57 1962 c. 28.

M58 1968 c. 31.

M59 1967 c. 29.

M60 1964 c. 56.

M61 1969 c. 33.

M62 1972 c. 47.

M63 1972 c. 46.

Loans E+W+S

3 E+W+S The loans referred to in paragraph 1(b) are—

(a) loans under—

• section 119 of the M64 Housing Act 1957,

• section 152 of the M65 Housing (Scotland) Act 1966,

• section 58 of this Act, or

• section 59 of this Act

(powers of certain local authorities to promote and assist housing associations);

(b) loans to housing associations under—

• section 47 of the M66 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958,

• section 78 of the M67 Housing (Scotland) Act 1950,

• section 24 of the M68 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968,

• section 67 of this Act, or

• section 68 of this Act

(loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners to certain bodies);

(c) advances made under—

• section 7 of the M69 Housing Act 1961,

• section 11 of the M70 Housing (Scotland) Act 1962, or

• section 23 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968

(advances to housing associations providing housing accommodation for letting);

(d) loans under—

section 2 of the M71 Housing Act 1964

(loans by Housing Corporation to housing associations).

Marginal Citations

M64 1957 c. 56.

M65 1966 c. 49.

M66 1958 c. 42.

M67 1950 c. 34.

M68 1968 c. 31.

M69 1961 c. 65.

M70 1962 c. 28.

M71 1964 c. 56.

Section 11.

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Further Provisions as to Certain Disposals of Houses

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C18 Sch. 2 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 58(3)(4)

Repayment of discount on early disposal E+W+S

1 (1) This paragraph applies where, on a disposal of a house under section 8, in accordance with a consent given by the Housing Corporation under section 9, a discount has been given to the purchaser by the housing association; but this paragraph does not apply in any such case if the consent so provides.

(2) On the disposal the conveyance, grant or assignment shall contain a covenant binding on the purchaser and his successors in title to pay to the housing association on demand, if within a period of [F150 three years] there is a relevant disposal which is not an exempted disposal (but if there is more than one such disposal then only on the first of them), an amount equal to the discount reduced by [F150 one-third] for each complete year which has elapsed after the conveyance, grant or assignment, and before the further disposal.

Textual Amendments

F150 Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 2(3)

Liability to repay is a charge on the premises E+W+S

2 (1) The liability that may arise under the covenant required by paragraph 1 is a charge on the house, taking effect as if it had been created by deed expressed to be by way of legal mortgage.

(2) The charge has priority immediately after any legal charge securing an amount—

(a) left outstanding by the purchaser, or

(b) advanced to him by an approved lending institution for the purpose of enabling him to acquire the interest disposed of on the first disposal, or

(c) further advanced to him by that institution;

but the housing association may at any time by written notice served on an approved lending institution postpone the charge taking effect by virtue of this paragraph to a legal charge securing an amount advanced or further advanced to the purchaser by that institution.

(3) A charge taking effect by virtue of this section is a land charge for the purposes of section 59 of the M72 Land Registration Act 1925 notwithstanding subsection (5) of that section (exclusion of mortgages), and subsection (2) of that section applies accordingly with respect to its protection and realisation.

[F151 (3A) The covenant required by paragraph 1 (covenant for repayment of discount) does not, by virtue of its binding successors in title of the purchaser, bind a person exercising rights under a charge having priority over the charge taking effect by virtue of this paragraph, or a person deriving title under him; and a provision of the conveyance, grant or assignment, or of a collateral agreement, is void in so far as it purports to authorise a forfeiture, or to impose a penalty or disability, in the event of any such person failing to comply with that covenant.]

(4) The approved lending institutions for the purposes of this paragraph are—

• a building society,

• a bank,

• a trustee savings bank,

• an insurance company,

• a friendly society,

• the Housing Corporation

and any body specified, or of a class or description specified, in an order made under section 156 of the M73 Housing Act 1985 (which makes provision in relation to disposals in pursuance of the right to buy corresponding to that made by this paragraph).

Textual Amendments

F151 Sch. 2 para. 2(3A) inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 1(4)(5)

Marginal Citations

M72 1925 c. 21.

M73 1985 c. 68.

Restriction on disposal of houses in National Parks, etc. E+W+S

3 (1) Where a conveyance, grant or assignment executed under section 8 is of a house situated in—

(a) a National Park,

(b) an area designated under section 87 of the National Parks and Access to the M74 Countryside Act 1949 as an area of outstanding natural beauty, or

(c) an area designated as a rural area by order under section 157 of the Housing Act 1985 (which makes provision in relation to disposals in pursuance of the right to buy corresponding to that made by this paragraph),

the conveyance, grant or assignment may (unless it contains a condition of a kind mentioned in section 33(2)(b) or (c) of the M75 Housing Act 1985 (right of pre-emption or restriction on assignment)) contain a covenant limiting the freedom of the purchaser (including any successor in title of his and any person deriving title under him or such a successor) to dispose of the house in the manner specified below.

(2) The limitation is that until such time (if any) as may be notified in writing by the housing association to the purchaser or a successor in title of his, there will be no relevant disposal which is not an exempted disposal without the written consent of the housing association; but that consent shall not be withheld if the disposal is to a person satisfying the condition stated in sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The condition is that the person to whom the disposal is made (or, if it is made to more than one person, at least one of them) has, throughout the period of three years immediately preceding the application for consent—

(a) had his place of work in a region designated by order under section 157(3) of the Housing Act 1985 which, or part of which, is comprised in the National Park or area, or

(b) had his only or principal home in such a region;

or has had the one in part or parts of that period and the other in the remainder; but the region need not have been the same throughout the period.

(4) A disposal in breach of such a covenant as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is void.

(5) The limitation imposed by such a covenant is a local land charge and, if the land is registered under the M76 Land Registration Act 1925, the Chief Land Registrar shall enter the appropriate restriction on the register of title as if application therefor had been made under section 58 of that Act.

(6) In this paragraph “purchaser” means the person acquiring the interest disposed of by the first disposal.

Marginal Citations

M74 1949 c. 97.

M75 1985 c. 68.

M76 1925 c. 21.

Relevant disposals E+W+S

4 (1) A disposal, whether of the whole or part of the house, is a relevant disposal for the purposes of this Schedule if it is—

(a) a conveyance of the freehold or an assignment of the lease, or

(b) the grant of a lease or sub-lease (other than a mortgage term) for a term of more than 21 years otherwise than at a rack rent.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) it shall be assumed—

(a) that any option to renew or extend a lease or sub-lease, whether or not forming part of a series of options, is exercised, and

(b) that any option to terminate a lease or sub-lease is not exercised.

Exempted disposals E+W+S

5 (1) A disposal is an exempted disposal for the purposes of this Schedule if—

(a) it is a disposal of the whole of the house and a conveyance of the freehold or an assignment of the lease and the person or each of the persons to whom it is made is a qualifying person (as defined in sub-paragraph (2));

(b) it is a vesting of the whole of the house in a person taking under a will or on an intestacy;

(c) it is a disposal of the whole of the house in pursuance of an order made under section 24 of the M77 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (property adjustment orders in connection with matrimonial proceedings) or section 2 of the M78 Inheritance (Provisions for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (orders as to financial provision to be made from estate);

(d) it is a compulsory disposal; or

(e) the property disposed of is property included with the house by virtue of paragraph (b) of the definition of “house” in section 106(1) (yard, garden, outhouses, &c.).

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a), a person is a qualifying person in relation to a disposal if—

(a) he is the person or one of the persons by whom the disposal is made,

(b) he is the spouse or a former spouse of that person or one of those persons, or

(c) he is a member of the family of that person or one of those persons and has resided with him throughout the period of twelve months ending with the disposal.

Marginal Citations

M77 1973 c. 18

M78 1975 c. 63.

Meaning of “compulsory disposal” E+W+S

6 In this Schedule a “compulsory disposal” means a disposal of property which is acquired compulsorily, or is acquired by a person who has made or would have made, or for whom another person has made or would have made, a compulsory purchase order authorising its compulsory purchase for the purposes for which it is acquired.

Exempted disposals which end liability under covenants E+W+S

7 Where there is a relevant disposal which is an exempted disposal by virtue of paragraph 5(1)(d) or (e) (compulsory disposal or disposal of yard, garden etc.)—

(a) the covenant required by paragraph 1 (repayment of discount on early disposal) is not binding on the person to whom the disposal is made or any successor in title of his, and that covenant and the charge taking effect by virtue of paragraph 2 cease to apply in relation to the property disposed of, and

(b) any such covenant as is mentioned in paragraph 3 (restriction on disposal of houses in National Parks, etc.) ceases to apply in relation to the property disposed of.

Treatment of options E+W+S

8 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule the grant of an option enabling a person to call for a relevant disposal which is not an exempted disposal shall be treated as such a disposal made to him.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 3(2) (requirement of consent to disposal of house in National Park, etc.) a consent to such a grant shall be treated as a consent to a disposal made in pursuance of the option.

Section 26.

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S Accounting Requirements for Charitable Housing Associations

Books of account, &c. E+W+S

1 (1) The association shall in respect of its housing activities—

(a) cause to be kept proper books of account showing its transactions and its assets and liabilities, and

(b) establish and maintain a satisfactory system of control of its books of account, its cash holdings and all its receipts and remittances.

(2) The books of account must be such as to enable a true and fair view to be given of the state of affairs of the association in respect of its housing activities, and to explain its transactions in the course of those activities.

Accounts and balance sheets E+W+S

2 (1) The association shall for each period of account prepare—

(a) a revenue account giving a true and fair view of the association’s income and expenditure in the period, so far as arising in connection with its housing activities, and

(b) a balance sheet giving a true and fair view as at the end of the period of the state of the association’s affairs.

(2) The revenue account and balance sheet must be signed by at least two trustees of the association.

Appointment of auditor E+W+S

3 (1) The association shall in each period of account appoint a qualified auditor to audit the accounts prepared in accordance with paragraph 2.

(2) A person is qualified for the purposes of this paragraph if he is either a member of one of the following bodies—

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales,

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland,

• the Association of Certified Accountants,

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland,

• any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 389(1)(a) of the M79 Companies Act 1985.

• or is a person who is for the time being authorised by the Secretary of State under section 389(1)(b) of that Act or any corresponding earlier legislation as being a person with similar qualifications obtained outside the United Kingdom.

(3) But none of the following shall be appointed—

(a) a trustee, officer or employee of the association or of an associated body,

(b) a person who is a partner of, or in the employment of, or who employs a person within paragraph (a), or

(c) a body corporate;

and a body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate and whether or not itself a charity) is for this purpose an associated body if it is essentially under the same management or control as the association.

(4) A Scottish firm is qualified for appointment as auditor, notwithstanding sub-paragraph (3)(c), if each of the partners in it is qualified for appointment.

Marginal Citations

M79 1985 c. 6.

Auditor’s report E+W+S

4 (1) The association’s auditor appointed under this Schedule shall make a report to the association on the accounts audited by him.

(2) The report shall state whether in the auditor’s opinion—

(a) the revenue account gives a true and fair view of the state of income and expenditure of the association in respect of its housing activities and of any other matters to which it relates, and

(b) the balance sheet gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the association as at the end of the period of account.

Duties of auditor E+W+S

5 The auditor in preparing his report shall carry out such investigations as will enable him to form an opinion as to the following matters—

(a) whether the association has kept, in respect of its housing activities, proper books of account in accordance with the requirements of this Schedule;

(b) whether the association has maintained a satisfactory system of control over its transactions in accordance with those requirements, and

(c) whether the accounts are in agreement with the association’s books;

and if he is of opinion that the association has failed in any respect to comply with this Schedule, or if the accounts are not in agreement with the books, he shall state that fact in his report.

Auditor’s right of access to books, etc. E+W+S

6 The auditor—

(a) has a right of access at all times to the books, deeds and accounts of the association, so far as relating to its housing activities, and to all other documents relating to those activities, and

(b) is entitled to require from the trustees or officers of the association such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of his duties;

and if he fails to obtain all the information and explanations which, to the best of his knowledge and belief, are necessary for the purposes of his audit, he shall state that fact in his report.

Periods of account E+W+S

7 A period of account for the purposes of this Schedule is twelve months or such other period not less than six months or more than 18 months as the association may, with the consent of the Corporation, determine.

Sections 69, 70.

SCHEDULE 4 E+W+S Housing Associations: Continuation of Arrangements Under Repealed Enactments

Part I E+W+S Arrangements with Local Authorities for Provision or Improvement of Housing

(ss. 120 and 121 of the Housing Act 1957) E+W+S

1 E+W+S Arrangements between a local authority and a housing association under section 120 of the M80 Housing Act 1957 (arrangements for provision of housing) which were made before 10th August 1972 and are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act remain in force under this paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M80 1957 c. 56.

2 E+W+S Arrangements between a local authority and a housing association under section 121 of the Housing Act 1957 (arrangements for improvement or conversion of housing) which were made before 1st April 1975 and are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act remain in force under this paragraph.

Part II E+W+S Subsidy Agreements with Local Authorities

(s. 79 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and s. 59 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972) E+W+S

1 E+W+S In this Part “subsidy agreement” means an agreement made between a local authority and a housing association which provides for payments to be made under or by reference to any of the following enactments—

• section 2 of the M81 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924,

• section 29(1) of the M82 Housing Act 1930,

• section 27(3) of the M83 Housing Act 1935,

• section 26 of the M84 Housing (Scotland) Act 1935,

• section 94(3) of the M85 Housing Act 1936,

• section 87(1) of the M86 Housing (Scotland) Act 1950,

• section 1(2)(b) of the M87 Housing Subsidies Act 1956,

• section 2, 3 or 4 of the M88 Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957,

• section 1(2)(b) of the M89 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958,

• section 1(2) of the M90 Housing Act 1961,

• section 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7 of the M91 Housing (Scotland) Act 1962,

• section 1(5) or 9(4) of the M92 Housing Subsidies Act 1967,

• section 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 or 10 of the M93 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968,

• (being enactments with respect to which it was provided by the M94 Housing Finance Act 1972 or the M95 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 that no further payments were to be made for 1972-73 or any subsequent year).

Marginal Citations

M81 1924 c. 35.

M82 1930 c. 39.

M83 1935 c. 40.

M84 1935 c. 41.

M85 1936 c. 51.

M86 1950 c. 34.

M87 1956 c. 33.

M88 1957 c. 38.

M89 1958 c. 42.

M90 1961 c. 65.

M91 1962 c. 28.

M92 1967 c. 29.

M93 1968 c. 31.

M94 1972 c. 47.

M95 1972 c. 46.

2 E+W+S Where a subsidy agreement provides for the payment of greater amounts than those which the authority would have been obliged to pay under the relevant enactment, the authority shall continue to pay to the housing association sums equal to the difference between the amounts for the payment of which the agreement provides and the amounts which they would have been obliged to pay by that enactment.

Part III E+W+S Special Arrangements with the Secretary of State in Scotland

(s.1(1)(d) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1962; s.1(2)(d) of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968) E+W+S

Arrangements made between the Secretary of State and a housing association under section 1(1)(d) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1962 or section 1(2)(d) of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (special arrangements for provision of housing) which were made before 3rd August 1972 and are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act remain in force under this paragraph.

Sections 69, 71.

SCHEDULE 5 E+W+S Housing Association Finance: Superseded Subsidies, Contributions and Grants

Part I E+W+S Residual Subsidies: England and Wales

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19 Sch. 5 Pt. I modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), 57(c)

(ss. 72 and 73 of the Housing Finance Act 1972) Entitlement to residual subsidies E+W+S

1 (1) Basic residual subsidy is payable to a housing association in accordance with the following provisions where the association received payments from the Secretary of State for the financial year 1971-72 under certain enactments under which, in accordance with the M96 Housing Finance Act 1972, no payments were to be made for 1972-73 or any subsequent year. E+W+S

(2) A housing association is entitled to basic residual subsidy for a financial year if—

(a) it was entitled to basic residual subsidy under section 72 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 for the financial year 1972-73, and

(b) it has continued to be entitled to basic residual subsidy, under that section or this Schedule, for each succeeding financial year up to and including that immediately before the year in question.

(3) The amount of basic residual subsidy payable to an association for any year is the amount (if any) by which the basic residual subsidy payable for the previous year exceeds the withdrawal factor.

(4) Subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(2), the withdrawal factor is the sum produced by multiplying £20 by the number of dwellings as at 31st March 1972 in respect of which the association’s subsidies for 1971-72 (as defined in section 72(4) of the Housing Finance Act 1972) were payable.

Marginal Citations

M96 1972 c. 47.

2 (1) Special residual subsidy is payable to a housing association in accordance with the following provisions in respect of dwellings which— E+W+S

(a) were approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of Part I of the M97 Housing Subsidies Act 1967 before 10th August 1972, and

(b) were completed during the year 1972-73, 1973-74 or 1974-75.

(2) A housing association is entitled to special residual subsidy for a financial year if—

(a) it was entitled by virtue of section 73 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 to special residual subsidy for any of the years 1972-73, 1973-74 or 1974-75, and

(b) it has continued to be entitled to special residual subsidy, under that section or this Schedule, for each succeeding financial year up to and including that immediately before the year in question.

(3) The amount of special residual subsidy payable to an association for any year is the amount (if any) by which the special residual subsidy payable for the previous year exceeds the reduction factor.

(4) Subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(2), the reduction factor is the sum produced by multiplying £20 by the number of dwellings satisfying the description in sub-paragraph (1).

Marginal Citations

M97 1967 c. 29.

3 E+W+S No basic or special residual subsidy is payable to a co-operative housing association.

Power to vary withdrawal factor or reduction factor E+W+S

4 (1) This paragraph applies where a housing association, by furnishing to the Secretary of State such information as to its financial position as he may require, satisfies him as regards any financial year that its income from its dwellings will be, or was, inadequate having regard to its normal sources of income to meet such expenditure (including loan charges) as in his opinion it would be, or was, reasonable for the association to incur for that financial year in the exercise of its housing functions. E+W+S

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the Secretary of State may direct that the amount of basic residual subsidy or special residual subsidy payable to the association for the financial year in question shall be determined—

(a) by reference to a withdrawal factor or reduction factor calculated by reference to a smaller sum of money per dwelling than that mentioned in paragraph 1(4) or 2(4), or

(b) by reference to a withdrawal factor or reduction factor of zero.

(3) A direction under this paragraph may be varied or revoked by the Secretary of State by a further direction.

(4) In sub-paragraph (1) “housing functions” means—

(a) constructing or improving, or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement, of dwellings,

(b) managing dwellings,

(c) the provision of dwellings by conversion, and

(d) the acquisition of dwellings;

and includes functions which are supplementary or incidental to any of those functions.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph “loan charges”, in relation to money borrowed by an association, means—

(a) the sums required for the payment of interest on the money and for its repayment, either by instalments or by means of a sinking fund, and

(b) the expenses of managing the debt,

and includes any such charges made by the association itself, whether in respect of borrowing from a capital fund kept by the association or in respect of borrowing between accounts kept by the association for different functions, or otherwise.

Administrative provisions E+W+S

5 (1) Payment of basic or special residual subsidy is subject to the making of a claim for the payment in such form, and containing such particulars, as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine. E+W+S

(2) The amount of basic or special residual subsidy payable to a housing association for a financial year shall be calculated to the nearest pound by rounding up any odd amount of 50p or more and rounding down any lesser amount.

(3) Basic or special residual subsidy is payable . . . F152 subject to such conditions as to records, certificates, audit or otherwise as the Secretary of State may, . . . F152 , impose.

Textual Amendments

F152 Words repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 59(2)(3)(4), 140(2), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 30(1)(a), Sch. 18

Powers exercisable in case of disposal of dwellings by association E+W+S

6 (1) The Secretary of State may reduce, suspend or discontinue the payment of basic or special residual subsidy to an association if the association leases for a term exceeding seven years or otherwise disposes of any of the dwellings in respect of which the association is entitled to the payment.

(2) If any dwellings of an association are leased for a term exceeding seven years to, or become vested in—

(a) another housing association, or trustees for another housing association, or

(b) the Housing Corporation [F153 or Housing for Wales],

the Secretary of State may pay to them any basic or special residual subsidy which he would otherwise have paid to the former association for any financial year, beginning with that in which the dwellings are so leased or become so vested.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph a lease shall be treated as being for a term exceeding seven years where the original term is for a lesser period but the lease confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which, together with the original term, exceeds seven years.

Textual Amendments

F153 Words added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 30(1)(b)

Saving for financial years beginning before the commencement of this Act E+W+S

7 (1) The preceding provisions apply in relation to the financial year 1986-87 and subsequent financial years. E+W+S

(2) The repeal by the M98 Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 of the provisions of the M99 Housing Finance Act 1972 relating to basic and special residual subsidies does not affect the operation of those provisions in relation to previous financial years.

Marginal Citations

M98 1985 c. 71.

M99 1972 c. 47.

Part II E+W+S Residual Subsidies: Scotland

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C20 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

(ss. 52 and 53 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972) Entitlement to residual subsidies E+W+S

1 (1) Basic residual subsidy is payable to a housing association in accordance with the following provisions where the association received payments from the Secretary of State for the financial year 1971-72 under certain enactments under which, in accordance with the M100 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972, no payments were to be made for 1972-73 or any subsequent year. E+W+S

(2) A housing association is entitled to basic residual subsidy for a financial year if—

(a) it was entitled to basic residual subsidy under section 52 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 for the financial year 1972-73, and

(b) it has continued to be entitled to basic residual subsidy, under that section or this Schedule, for each succeeding financial year up to and including that immediately before the year in question.

(3) The amount of basic residual subsidy payable to an association for any year is the amount (if any) by which the basic residual subsidy payable for the previous year exceeds the withdrawal factor.

(4) Subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(2), the withdrawal factor is the sum produced by multiplying £20 by the number of houses as at 31st March 1972 in respect of which the association’s subsidies for 1971-72 (as defined in section 52(4) of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972) were payable.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C21 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Marginal Citations

M100 1972 c. 46.

2 (1) Special residual subsidy is payable to a housing association in accordance with the following provisions in respect of houses— E+W+S

(a) the erection of which was approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of sections 1 to 12 of the M101 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 before 3rd August 1972, and

(b) which were completed by the association during the year 1972-73, 1973-74 or 1974-75.

(2) A housing association is entitled to special residual subsidy for a financial year if—

(a) it was entitled by virtue of section 53 of the M102 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 to special residual subsidy for any of the years 1972-73, 1973-74 or 1974-75, and

(b) it has continued to be entitled to special residual subsidy, under that section or this Schedule, for each succeeding financial year up to and including that immediately before the year in question.

(3) The amount of special residual subsidy payable to an association for any year is the amount (if any) by which the special residual subsidy payable for the previous year exceeds the reduction factor.

(4) Subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(2), the reduction factor is the sum produced by multiplying £20 by the number of houses satisfying the description in sub-paragraph (1).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C22 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Marginal Citations

M101 1968 c. 31.

M102 1972 c. 46.

3 E+W+S No basic or special residual subsidy is payable to a co-operative housing association.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C23 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Power to vary withdrawal factor or reduction factor E+W+S

4 (1) This paragraph applies where a housing association, by furnishing to the Secretary of State such information as to its financial position as he may require, satisfies him as regards any financial year that its income from its houses will be, or was, inadequate having regard to its normal sources of income to meet such expenditure (including loan charges) as in his opinion it would be, or was, reasonable for the association to incur for that financial year in the exercise of its housing functions. E+W+S

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the Secretary of State may direct that the amount of basic residual subsidy or special residual subsidy payable to the association for the financial year in question shall be determined—

(a) by reference to a withdrawal factor or reduction factor calculated by reference to a smaller sum of money per house than that mentioned in paragraph 1(4) or 2(4), or

(b) by reference to a withdrawal factor or reduction factor of zero.

(3) A direction under this paragraph may be varied or revoked by the Secretary of State by a further direction.

(4) In sub-paragraph (1) “housing functions” means—

(a) constructing or improving, or facilitating the construction or improvement, of houses,

(b) managing houses,

(c) the provision of houses by conversion, and

(d) the acquisition of houses;

and includes functions which are supplementary or incidental to any of those functions.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph “loan charges”, in relation to money borrowed by an association includes loan charges made by the association itself (including charges for debt management), whether in respect of borrowing from a capital fund kept by the association or in respect of borrowing between accounts kept by the association for different functions, or otherwise.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C24 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Administrative provisions E+W+S

5 (1) Payment of basic or special residual subsidy is subject to the making of a claim for the payment in such form, and containing such particulars, as the Secretary for State may from time to time determine. E+W+S

(2) The amount of basic or special residual subsidy payable to a housing association for a financial year shall be calculated to the nearest pound by rounding up any odd amount of 50p or more and rounding down any lesser amount.

(3) Basic or special residual subsidy is payable . . . F154 subject to such conditions as to records, certificates, audit or otherwise as the Secretary of State may, . . . F154 , impose.

Textual Amendments

F154 Words repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 59(2)(3)(4), 140(2), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 30(2), Sch. 18

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C25 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Powers exercisable in case of disposal of houses by association E+W+S

6 (1) The Secretary of State may reduce, suspend or discontinue the payment of basic or special residual subsidy to a housing association if the association leases for a term exceeding seven years or otherwise disposes of any of the houses in respect of which the association is entitled to the payment. E+W+S

(2) If any houses of an association are leased for a term exceeding seven years to, or become vested in—

(a) another housing association, or trustees for another housing association, or

(b) the Housing Corporation,

the Secretary of State may pay to that association or to the Corporation any basic or special residual subsidy which he would otherwise have paid to the former association for any financial year, beginning with that in which the houses are so leased or become so vested.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph a lease shall be treated as being for a term exceeding seven years where the original term is for a lesser period but the lease confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which, together with the original term, exceeds seven years.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C26 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Saving for financial years beginning before the commencement of this Act E+W+S

7 (1) The preceding provisions apply in relation to the financial year 1986-87 and subsequent financial years. E+W+S

(2) The repeal by the M103 Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 of the provisions of the M104 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 relating to basic and special residual subsidies does not affect the operation of those provisions in relation to previous financial years.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C27 Sch. 5 Pt. II paras. 1–7 modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 57(c)

Marginal Citations

M103 1985 c. 71.

M104 1972 c. 46.

Part III E+W+S Contributions and Grants Under Arrangements With Local Authorities

(s. 12 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958; s. 12 of the Housing Subsidies Act 1967; s. 21 of the Housing Act 1969) E+W+S

1 (1) Contributions by the Secretary of State in connection with arrangements made under section 121 of the M105 Housing Act 1957 (arrangements between housing associations and local authorities for improvement of housing) remain payable— E+W+S

(a) under section 12 of the M106 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 and section 12 of the M107 Housing Subsidies Act 1967 as regards arrangements made before 25th August 1969, and

(b) under section 21 of the M108 Housing Act 1969 as regards arrangements made on or after that date and approved under subsection (2) of that section before 1st April 1975.

(2) The contributions are payable at such times and in such manner as the Treasury may direct, and subject to such conditions, as to records, certificates, audit or otherwise as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, impose.

(3) Where such a contribution is paid to a local authority, the authority shall pay to the housing association by way of annual grant an amount not less than the contribution.

Marginal Citations

M105 1957 c. 56.

M106 1958 c. 42.

M107 1967 c. 29.

M108 1969 c. 33.

2 E+W+S If the Secretary of State is satisfied, in the case of contributions payable under section 12 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958, that the housing association have made default in giving effect to the terms of the arrangements, he may, as he thinks just—

(a) reduce the amount of the contribution payable to the local authority, or

(b) suspend or discontinue the payment;

and the local authority may reduce to a proportionate or any less extent the annual grant payable by them to the association or, as the case may be, suspend the payment for a corresponding period or discontinue the payment.

(s. 17 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968) E+W+S

3 (1) Contributions by the Secretary of State under section 17 of the M109 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 remain payable in connection with arrangements made under section 121 of the M110 Housing (Scotland) Act 1950 or section 155 of the M111 Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (arrangements between housing associations and local authorities for improvement of housing) and approved on or after 16th August 1964 and before 1st April 1975. E+W+S

(2) The contributions are payable at such times and in such manner as the Treasury may direct, and subject to such conditions as to records, certificates, audit or otherwise as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, impose.

(3) Where such a contribution is paid to a local authority, the authority shall pay to the housing association by way of annual grant an amount not less than the contribution.

Marginal Citations

M109 1968 c. 31.

M110 1950 c. 34.

M111 1966 c. 49.

4 (1) The Secretary of State may, in any of the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), reduce the amount of the contributions in respect of a particular subsidised unit, or suspend or discontinue the payment of the contributions, or part of them, as he thinks just in the circumstances. E+W+S

(2) The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a) that the housing association has made default in giving effect to the terms of the arrangements with the local authority, or

(b) that the subsidised unit has been converted, demolished or destroyed, is not fit to be used or has ceased to be used for the purpose for which it was intended, has been sold or leased for a stipulated duration exceeding twelve months or has been transferred, whether by sale or otherwise.

(3) The local authority may reduce to a corresponding or less extent the annual grant payable by them to the association, or, as the case may be, suspend payment of the whole or a corresponding part of the payment for a corresponding period, or discontinue the payment or a corresponding part.

Part IV E+W+S Contributions Under Arrangements with the Secretary of State in Scotland

(s. 16 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968) E+W+S

1 (1) Contributions by the Secretary of State under section 16 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 remain payable in connection with arrangements made under— E+W+S

• section 14 of the M112 Housing (Scotland) Act 1962, or

• section 154 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966,

(arrangements between Secretary of State and housing associations) and approved before 1st April 1975.

(2) The Secretary of State may, in any of the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), reduce the amount of the contributions in respect of a particular subsidised unit, or suspend or discontinue the payment of the contributions, or part of them, as he thinks just in the circumstances.

(3) The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (2) are—

(a) that the housing association has made default in giving effect to the terms of the arrangements, or

(b) the subsidised unit has been converted, demolished or destroyed, is not fit to be used or has ceased to be used for the purpose for which it was intended, has been sold or leased for a stipulated duration exceeding twelve months or has been transferred, whether by sale or otherwise.

Marginal Citations

M112 1962 c. 28.

Part V E+W+S Schemes for the Unification of Grant Conditions

(s. 123 of the Housing Act 1957; s. 157 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966) E+W+S

1 E+W+S A scheme under section 123 of the M113 Housing Act 1957 (schemes for the unification of divergent grant conditions affecting the management of a housing association’s houses) which was made before 10th August 1972 and is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act remains in force under this paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M113 1957 c. 56.

2 E+W+S A scheme under section 157 of the M114 Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (schemes for the unification of divergent grant conditions affecting the management of a housing association’s houses) which was made before 3rd August 1972 and is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act remains in force under this paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M114 1966 c. 49.

Part VI E+W+S New Building Subsidy and Improvement Subsidy

(s. 75 of the Housing Finance Act 1972; ss. 55 and 57 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972) E+W+S

1 (1) The following subsidies remain payable in respect of building schemes or improvement schemes approved by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1975— E+W+S

(a) new building subsidy under section 75 of the M115 Housing Finance Act 1972 or section 55 of the M116 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972, and

(b) improvement subsidy under section 57 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972.

(2) Payment of the subsidy is subject to the making of a claim for the payment in such form, and containing such particulars as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine.

(3) The amount of the subsidy payable for a financial year shall be calculated to the nearest pound by rounding up any odd amount of 50p or more and rounding down any lesser amount.

(4) The subsidy is payable at such times and in such manner as the Treasury may direct, and subject to such conditions as to records, certificates, audit or otherwise as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, impose.

Marginal Citations

M115 1972 c. 47.

M116 1972 c. 46.

2 (1) The Secretary of State may make reduced payments of subsidy, or suspend or discontinue such payments, if— E+W+S

(a) he made his approval of the scheme subject to conditions and is satisfied that any of the conditions has not been complied with, or

(b) he is satisfied that a dwelling comprised in the scheme has been converted, demolished or destroyed, is not fit to be used or is not being used for the purpose for which it was intended, has been sold or leased for a term exceeding seven years or has ceased for any reason whatsoever to be vested in the association or trustees for the association.

(2) If any of the dwellings comprised in the scheme become vested in, or are leased for a term exceeding seven years to—

(a) a housing association, or trustees for a housing association other than the association which received approval for the scheme, or

(b) the Housing Corporation,

the Secretary of State may, for any year beginning with that in which they come to be so vested or are so leased, pay them the whole or any part of the subsidy which he would otherwise have paid to the association which received approval for the scheme.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph a dwelling shall be treated as leased for a term exceeding seven years if it is leased for a lesser term by a lease which confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which, together with the original term, exceeds seven years.

3 (1) Where a housing association satisfies the Secretary of State, by furnishing him with such information as to its financial position as he may require, that the amount of new building subsidy for a year will be, or was, inadequate having regard to its normal sources of income to enable it to meet such expenditure (including loan charges) as in his opinion it would be, or was, reasonable for it to incur for that year in the exercise of its housing functions, he may direct that for that year the percentage of the initial deficit to be met by subsidy shall be greater than that otherwise applicable. E+W+S

(2) The percentage shall not, however, be greater than 90 per cent. or the percentage met by subsidy for the immediately preceding year, whichever is less.

(3) This paragraph does not apply in relation to the year of completion or the second or third year for which new building subsidy is payable.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “housing functions” means constructing, improving or managing, or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement of dwellings, the provision of dwellings by conversion and the acquisition of dwellings, and includes functions which are supplementary or incidental to any of those functions;

• “loan charges” includes any loan charges made by a housing association (including charges for debt management) whether in respect of borrowing from a capital fund kept by the association or in respect of borrowing between accounts kept by the association for different functions or otherwise.

4 (1) Where before 1st April 1976 a registered housing association made an application for housing association grant in respect of a housing project which was or included a building scheme or improvement scheme which had been previously approved for the purposes of any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph 1 and the Secretary of State gave his approval to that project for the purposes of housing association grant, no further payments of new building subsidy or improvement subsidy shall be made in respect of that approved scheme. E+W+S

(2) A condition imposed by the Secretary of State in such a case by virtue of section 35(2)(b) of the M117 Housing Act 1974, requiring the repayment of all or any of the payments of new building subsidy or improvement subsidy already paid, if in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, remains in force under this sub-paragraph.

(3) No account shall be taken under section 47(2)(b) (estimation of net cost of project for purposes of housing association grant: income to include subsidies) of payments of subsidy received which are required to be repaid in pursuance of such a condition.

Marginal Citations

M117 1974 c. 44.

Part VII E+W+S Payments in Respect of Hostels Under Pre-1974 Enactments

(s. 21 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968) E+W+S

1 (1) Section 21 of the M118 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (exchequer contributions for hostels) continues to have effect in relation to buildings provided or converted by a housing association which were approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section before 1st April 1975. E+W+S

(2) A registered housing association may not make an application for housing association grant in respect of a housing project which consists of or includes the carrying out of works for the provision of hostels if before 1st April 1975 any contribution has been made under section 21 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968.

(3) If in a case where sub-paragraph (2) does not prevent the making of such an application a registered housing association makes an application for housing association grant in respect of a housing project falling within that sub-paragraph and the Secretary of State gives his approval to the project for the purposes of housing association grant, section 21 of the M119 Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 shall cease to have effect with respect to the provision of hostels referred to in that sub-paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M118 1968 c. 31.

M119 1968 c. 31.

SCHEDULE 6 E+W+S

Status of Corporation E+W+S

1 (1) The Housing Corporation is a body corporate. E+W+S

(2) It is a public body for the purposes of the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916.

(3) It shall not be regarded—

(a) as the servant or agent of the Crown, or

(b) as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown, or

(c) as exempt from any tax, duty, rate, levy or other charge whatsoever, whether general or local;

and its property shall not be regarded as property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown.

Membership of Corporation E+W+S

2 (1) The members of the Housing Corporation, of whom there shall be not more than fifteen, shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. E+W+S

(2) Before appointing a person to be a member of the Corporation the Secretary of State shall satisfy himself that he will have no financial or other interest likely to affect prejudicially the exercise of his functions as member; and the Secretary of State may require a person whom he proposes to appoint to give him such information as he considers necessary for that purpose.

3 (1) The members of the Housing Corporation shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of their appointment, subject to the following provisions. E+W+S

(2) A member may resign his membership by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State.

(3) The Secretary of State may remove a member from office if he is satisfied that—

(a) he has been adjudged bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors or (in Scotland) has had his estate sequestrated or has made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract,

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F155

(c) he has been absent from meetings of the Corporation for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Corporation, or

(d) he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member, or is unsuitable to continue as a member.

(4) The Secretary of State shall satisfy himself from time to time with respect to every member that he has no financial or other interest likely to affect prejudicially the exercise of his functions as a member; and he may require a member to give him such information as he considers necessary for that purpose.

Textual Amendments

F155 Sch. 6 para. 3(3)(b) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 59(2)(3)(4), 140(2), Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 37, Sch. 18

Chairman and Deputy Chairman E+W+S

4 (1) The Secretary of State shall appoint one of the members to be Chairman and one to be Deputy Chairman; and the members so appointed shall hold and vacate those offices in accordance with the terms of their appointment, subject to the following provisions. E+W+S

(2) The Chairman or Deputy Chairman may resign his office by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State.

(3) If the Chairman or Deputy Chairman ceases to be a member of the Corporation, he also ceases to be Chairman or Deputy Chairman.

Remuneration and allowances E+W+S

5 (1) The Secretary of State may pay the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and members such remuneration as he may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.

(2) The Housing Corporation may pay them such reasonable allowances as may be so determined in respect of expenses properly incurred by them in the performance of their duties.

Pensions E+W+S

6 (1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine to pay in respect of a person’s office as Chairman, Deputy Chairman or member—

(a) such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of that person on his retirement or death as may be so determined, or

(b) such contributions or other payments towards provision for such pension, allowance or gratuity as may be so determined.

(2) As soon as may be after the making of such a determination the Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a statement of the amount payable in pursuance of the determination.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a member who has been admitted in pursuance of regulations under section 7 of the M120 Superannuation Act 1972 to participate in the benefits of a superannuation fund maintained by a local authority.

(4) In such a case the Secretary of State shall make any payments required to be made to the fund in respect of the member by the employing authority and may make such deductions from his remuneration as the employing authority might make in respect of his contributions to the fund.

Marginal Citations

M120 1972 c. 11.

Proceedings of the Corporation E+W+S

7 (1) The quorum of the Housing Corporation and the arrangements relating to its meetings shall, subject to any directions given by the Secretary of State, be such as the Corporation may determine. E+W+S

(2) The validity of proceedings of the Corporation is not affected by any defect in the appointment of any of its members.

8 (1) Where a member of the Housing Corporation is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Corporation— E+W+S

(a) he shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Corporation, and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Corporation, and

(b) he shall not take any part in any decision of the Corporation with respect to the contract.

(2) A general notice given by a member at a meeting of the Corporation to the effect that he is a member of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may be made with the company or firm is a sufficient disclosure of his interest for the purposes of this paragraph in relation to a contract made after the date of the notice.

(3) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of the Corporation in order to make any disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph provided he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is brought up and read at the meeting.

9 (1) The fixing of the Housing Corporation’s seal may be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman or of any other person authorised for the purpose. E+W+S

(2) A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Corporation shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be so executed unless the contrary is proved.

Section 82.

SCHEDULE 7 E+W+S Powers Exercisable Where Loan Outstanding under Section 2 of The Housing Act 1964

Introductory E+W+S

1 E+W+S This Schedule applies where the Housing Corporation has made a loan to a housing association under section 2 of the M121 Housing Act 1964 before the repeal of that section by the M122 Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 and the loan has not been repaid.

Marginal Citations

M121 1964 c. 56.

M122 1985 c. 71.

Directions as to disposal of land securing loan E+W+S

2 (1) The Corporation may, with the consent in writing of the Secretary of State, give the association directions with respect to the disposal of land belonging to the association in which the Corporation has an interest as mortgagee under a mortgage, or as creditor in a heritable security, entered into by the association to secure the loan.

(2) Directions so given may be varied or revoked by subsequent directions given with the like consent.

3 Where the Corporation proposes to give a housing association directions under paragraph 2 requiring the association to transfer to the Corporation the association’s interest in any land, the Secretary of State shall not consent to the giving of the directions unless he at the same time approves, or has previously approved, a scheme under paragraph 5 with respect to that land.

4 Where the Corporation proposes to give directions under paragraph 2 to an association whose rules restrict membership to persons entitled or prospectively entitled (whether as tenants or otherwise) to occupy a dwelling provided or managed by the association requiring the association to transfer its interest in any such land to the Corporation, or to any other person, the Secretary of State shall not consent to the giving of the directions unless he is satisfied that arrangements have been made which, if the directions are given, will secure that the members of the association receive fair treatment in connection with the transfer.

Schemes for Corporation to provide housing accommodation in place of association E+W+S

5 (1) If it appears to the Corporation—

(a) that the association is experiencing difficulty in providing housing accommodation on any land which it has acquired or in managing housing accommodation provided by it on any land, or is in any way failing to perform its functions as a housing association in relation to any land, and that accordingly it is undesirable for the land in question to remain in the hands of the association,

(b) that there is no other housing association, whether in existence or about to be formed, to which the association’s interest in the land in question can suitably be transferred, and

(c) that the land is capable of being, or continuing to be, used to provide housing accommodation for letting,

the Corporation may prepare and submit to the Secretary of State a scheme.

(2) The scheme shall be for the Corporation—

(a) to acquire the association’s interest in the land,

(b) to undertake all such operations as may be required for the provision or continued provision on the land of housing accommodation for letting (including any operation which might have been carried out by a housing association in connection with the provision of housing accommodation), and

(c) to retain the accommodation and keep it available for letting so long as the scheme has not been terminated in any manner provided for in the scheme.

(3) Where such a scheme is submitted to the Secretary of State by the Corporation, the Secretary of State, on being satisfied of—

(a) the undesirability of the land remaining in the hands of the association, and

(b) the lack of any housing association to which it can suitably be transferred,

may, if he thinks fit, approve the scheme.

(4) If he does so the Corporation shall have power to acquire for the purposes of the scheme the association’s interest in the land and to carry through the provisions of the scheme.

(5) A scheme approved by the Secretary of State under this paragraph may be varied from time to time in accordance with proposals in that behalf made by the Corporation and approved by the Secretary of State.

TABLE OF DERIVATIONS

1. The following abbreviations are used in this Table:— Acts of Parliament

1957	=	The Housing Act 1957 (c.56).
1958 (c.42)	=	The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958.
1959 (c.53)	=	The Town and Country Planning Act 1959.
1959 (c.70)	=	The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959.
1960 (c.58)	=	The Charities Act 1960.
1961	=	The Housing Act 1961 (c.65).
1963 (c.33)	=	The London Government Act 1963.
1964	=	The Housing Act 1964 (c. 56).
1965 (c.12)	=	The Industrial and Provident Soceties Act 1965.
1965 (c.25)	=	The Finance Act 1965.
1966 (S.)	=	The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (c.49).
1968 (c.13)	=	The National Loans Act 1968.
1968 (S.)	=	The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.31).
1969	=	The Housing Act 1969 (c.33).
1970 (c.10)	=	The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.
1970 (c.35)	=	The Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970.
1972 (S.)	=	The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 46).
1972	=	The Housing Finance Act 1972 (c.47).
1972 (c.70)	=	The Local Government Act 1972.
1973 (c.65)	=	The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
1974	=	The Housing Act 1974 (c.44).
1975	=	The Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 (c.6).
1975 (c.28)	=	The Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975.
1975 (c.55)	=	The Statutory Corporations (Financial Provisions) Act 1975.
1976 (c.75)	=	The Development of Rural Wales Act 1976.
1977 (c.42)	=	The Rent Act 1977.
1978	=	The Home Purchase Assistance and Housing Guarantee Act 1978 (c. 27).
1980 (c.43)	=	The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.
1980	=	The Housing Act 1980 (c.51).
1980 (S.)	=	The Tenants Rights etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.52)
1981 (c.64)	=	The New Towns Act 1981.
1981 (c.67)	=	The Acquisition of Land Act 1981.
1982 (c.48)	=	The Criminal Justice Act 1982.
1983 (c.29)	=	The Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983.
1984	=	The Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c.29).
1985 (c.9)	=	The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985.
1985 (c.51)	=	The Local Government Act 1985. Subordinate legislation
S.I. 1972/1204	=	The Isles of Scilly (Housing) Order 1972.
S.I. 1973/886	=	The Isles of Scilly (Housing) (No. 2) Order 1973.
S.I. 1975/374	=	The Housing Act 1974 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1975.
S.I. 1975/512	=	The Isles of Scilly (Housing) Order 1975.
S.I. 1983/664	=	The Housing Corporation Advances (Increase of Limit) Order 1983.
S.I. 1984/1803	=	The Housing Association Grant (Disposal of Dwellings) Order 1984.

2. The Table does not show the effect of Transfer of Functions Orders.

3. The letter R followed by a number indicates that the provision gives effect to the Recommendation bearing that number in the Law Commission’s Report on the Consolidation of the Housing Acts (Cmnd. 9515).

4. A reference followed by “passim” indicates that the provision of the consolidation derives from passages within those referred to which it is not convenient, and does not appear necessary, to itemise.

5. The entry “drafting” indicates a provision of a mechanical or editorial nature affecting the arrangement of the consolidation; for instance, a provision introducing a Schedule or introducing a definition to avoid undue repetition of the defining words.

Provision	Derivation
1(1)	1957 s. 189(1); 1964 s. 12(1); 1966 (S.) s.208(1); 1974 s. 129(1), (2), Sch. 13 para. 6.
(2)	drafting.
(3)	1974 s. 12.
2	1977 s. 2(6A); 1977 (c.42) s. 15(5); 1980 ss. 74(2), 123(7).
3	1974 s. 13(1), (7).
4(1)	1974 s. 13(1).
(2)	1974 s. 13(2).
(3)	1974 s. 13(3); 1980 s. 127(1)-(3); 1984 s. 35(4); Sch. 11 para. 27.
5(1)	1974 s. 13(1), (4), (5).
(2)	1974 s. 13(4).
(3)	1974 s. 16(1), (2).
(4)	1974 s. 13(6).
6(1)	1974 s. 15(1).
(2), (3)	1974 s. 15(2).
(4)	1974 s. 15(2A); 1980 s. 128(1)(a), (2).
(5)	1974 s. 16(1), (2).
7(1)	1974 s. 15(3).
(2)	1974 s. 15(4).
(3)	1974 s. 16(3).
8(1)-(3)	1980 s. 122(1)-(3).
9(1)	1974 s. 2(1), (6).
(2)	1974 s. 2(1A), (1B); 1980 s. 123(2).
(3)	1974 s. 2(5A); 1980 s. 123(6), 137(1).
(4)	1974 s. 15(6); 1980 s. 128.
(5)	1974 s. 2(1).
10(1)	1974 s. 2(2), (3); 1980 s. 123(3).
(2)	1974 s. 2(3A); 1980 s. 123(4).
(3)	1974 s. 2(4); 1980 s. 123(5).
(4)	1974 s. 2(3).
11	drafting.
12	1980 s. 137(1), (2); 1984 Sch. 11 para. 28.
13(1)	1974 s. 26(1).
(2)	1974 s. 26(2); 1980 Sch. 25 para. 25.
(3)	1974 s. 26(5); 1980 Sch. 11 Part II.
14(1)	1974 s. 26(3), (4), (6); 1980 Sch. 16 Part II.
(2)	1974 s. 26(5), 1980 Sch. 16 Part II.
Provision	Derivation
15(1)	1974 s. 27(1)-(3); 1980 Sch. 16 Part II.
(2)	1974 s. 27(5)-(7); 1980 Sch. 16 Part II.
(3)	1974 s. 27(4); 1980 Sch. 16 Part II.
16(1)	1974 s. 20(2); 1970 (c.35) Sch. 3 para. 9(2); R.32.
(2), (3)	1974 s. 20(6).
(4)	1974 s. 20(6).
17(1), (2)	1974 s. 20(3).
(3)	1974 s. 20(4).
(4)	1980 Sch. 17 para. 8.
18(1)	1980 Sch. 17 paras. 4, 5.
(2)	1980 Sch. 17 para. 6(b).
(3)	1980 Sch. 17 para. 7.
19(1)	1974 s. 24(1).
(2)-(4)	1965 (c.12) s. 10; 1974 s. 24(5A); 1980 s. 132.
20(1)	1974 s. 25(1).
(2)	1960 (c.58) s. 46; 1974 s. 25(1)-(3).
21(1)-(6)	1974 s. 24(1)-(5), (6).
22(1), (2)	1974 s. 22(1), (2).
23(1)	1974 s. 23(1).
(2)	1974 s. 23(2).
(3)	1974 s. 23(3).
(4)	1974 s. 23(4).
(5)	1974 s. 23(3).
24(1)	1980 s. 124(1).
(2)	1980 s. 124(6).
(3)	1980 s. 124(2).
(4)	1980 s. 124(3).
(5)	1980 s. 124(7), 151(1), (3).
25	1980 s. 124(4).
26	1980 s. 124(5).
27(1)	1980 s. 125(1).
(2)	1980 s. 125(2); 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37(1), 46(2).
(3)	1980 s. 125(3).
(4)	1980 s. 125(4).
28(1)	1974 s. 19(1), (1A); 1980 Sch. 17 para. 1.
(2)	1974 s. 19(2); 1980 Sch. 17 paras. 2, 6(b).
(3)	1974 s. 19(3); 1975 (c. 21) ss. 289F, 289G; 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1), 54.
(4)	1974 s. 19(5).
(5)	1974 s. 19(8); 1980 Sch. 17 para. 2.
(6)	1980 s. 155(2).
29(1)	1974 s. 19(4).
(2)	1974 s. 19(4); 1980 Sch. 17 para. 6(e).
(3)	1974 s. 19(5).
(4)	1974 s. 19(6).
(5)	1974 s. 19(7).
Provision	Derivation
30(1)	1974 s. 20(1); 1980 Sch. 17 paras. 3(a), 6(b).
(2), (3)	1974 s. 20(6).
(4)	1974 s. 20(5); 1980 Sch. 17 para. 3(c).
(5)	1974 s. 20(1A); 1980 Sch. 17 para. 3(b).
(6)	1974 s. 20(7); 1975 (c. 21) ss. 289F, 289G; 1980 Sch. 17 para. 9; 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1), 54.
31(1)	1974 ss. 19, 20passim; 1980 Sch. 17 paras. 4, 5, 6(a).
(2)	1980 Sch. 17 para. 7.
(3)	1980 Sch. 17 para. 6(c)(d).
32(1)	1974 s. 21(1).
(2)	1974 s. 21(2)(a).
(3)	1974 s. 21(2)(b).
(4)	1974 s. 21(3).
(5)	1974 s. 21(4).
33(1)	1957 s. 124; 1966 (S.) s. 158(1).
(2)	1957 s. 124; 1966 (S.) s. 158(2).
34(1), (2)	1957 s. 119(2).
35(1)	1957 s. 128(1); R.4(ii).
(2)	drafting.
36(1)	1957 s. 128(2); R.4(ii).
(2)	1957 s. 128(3); R.4(ii).
37	“appropriate registrar” 1974 s. 28; “committee” 1965 s. 74, 1974 s. 28; “co-opted member” 1974 s. 26(6), 1980 Sch. 16 Part II; drafting.
38	1974 ss. 28, 129(1); 1980 s. 133(1).
39	“mental disorder” 1974 s. 20(2)(a); “secure tenancy” 1974 s. 2(6A), 1980 s. 123(7).
40	drafting.
41(1)	1974 ss. 29(1), 29A(2); 1975 s. 6; 1975 (S.) s. 12; 1980 Sch. 18 para. 3.
(2)	1974 s. 29A(1); 1980 Sch. 18 Para. 3.
42(1)	1974 s. 29(2).
(2), (3)	1974 s. 29(2), (2A); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 1.
43	1980 s. 130(1).
44(1)	1984 s. 33(1).
(2)	1984 s. 33(2).
(3)	drafting.
45(1), (2)	1984 s. 35(1).
(3)	1984 s. 35(2).
(4)	1984 s. 35(3).
46	1974 s. 29(3).
47(1)	1974 s. 29(4).
(2), (3)	1974 s. 29(6).
(4)	1974 s. 29(8).
(5)	1974 s. 29(6A); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 2.
(6)	1974 s. 29(7).
Provision	Derivation
48(1)	1974 s. 29(5).
(2)	1974 s. 29(8).
(3)	1980 s. 130(2); S.I. 1984/1803.
(4)	1980 s. 151(1), (3).
49(1)-(4)	1974 s. 30(1); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 4.
(5)	1974 s. 30(8).
(6)	1974 s. 15(5).
50(1), (2)	1974 s. 30(2), (2A); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 5.
51(1), (2)	1974 s. 30(4), (6).
52(1)	1974 s. 30(3); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 6; 1984 s. 34(1).
(2)	1974 s. 30(3); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 6.
(3)	1984 s. 34(2).
(4)	1984 s. 34(3).
53(1)	1980 s. 131(1).
(2)	1980 s. 131(2).
(3)	1980 s. 131(3).
(4)	1980 s. 131(3), (4).
(5)	1980 s. 131(4).
(6)	1980 s. 131(5).
(7)	1980 s. 131(6).
54(1)	1974 s. 32(1); 1975 s. 6; 1975 (S.) s. 12; 1980 Sch. 18 para. 9(a).
(2), (3)	1974 s. 32(3); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 9(c).
(4)	1976 s. 32(5); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 9(e).
(5)	1974 s. 32(3); 1980 s. 133(2), Sch. 18 para. 9(c).
55(1)	1974 s. 33(1); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 10(a).
(2)-(4)	1974 s. 33(3); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 10(c).
(5)	1974 s. 33(4); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 10(d).
(6)	1974 s. 33(5); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 10(e).
56(1)	1974 ss. 32(2), 33(2); 1980 Sch. 18 paras. 9(b)(i), 10(b).
(2)	1974 ss. 32(2)(a), (b), 33(2), (7); 1980 Sch. 18 paras. 9(b)(ii), 10(b).
(3)	1974 s. 32(2)(c); 1980 Sch. 18 para. 9(b)(iii).
57(1)-(3)	1974 ss. 32(6), 33(6); 1980 Sch. 18 paras. 9(f), 10(f).
(4)	1974 s. 15(5).
58(1)	1957 s. 119(1).
(2)	1957 s. 119(3).
(3)	1972 s. 78(1), (2)(a), (4).
59(1)	1966 (S.) s. 152(1), (3); 1973 (c.65) Sch. 12 para. 10.
(2)	1966 (S.) s. 152(2), (3); 1973 (c.65) Sch. 12 para. 10.
(3)	1972 (S.) s. 58(1), (2)(b), (3).
(4)	1966 (S.) ss. 152(2), 198.
60(1)	1974 s. 17(1)(b).
(2)	1974 s. 17(3), (5); 1975 Sch. 5 para. 13; 1975 (S.) Sch. 3 para. 13.
(3)	1974 s. 17(4).
61(1)	1957 s. 122; 1966 (S.) s. 156(1).
(2)	1957 s. 122; 1966 (S.) s. 156(2); R.33.
62(1)	1965 (c.25) s. 93(1).
(2)	1965 (c.25) s. 93(6); 1970 (c.10) Sch. 15 para. 11 Table Pt. II; 1974 s. 17(2), (3).
(3)	1965 (c.25) s. 93(4).
Provision	Derivation
62(4)	1965 (c.25) s. 93(1), (2).
(5)	1965 (c.25) s. 93(2).
(6), (7)	1965 (c.25) s. 93(3).
63(1)	1964 s. 8(1); 1974 Sch. 13 para. 10(2).
(2)	1964 s. 8(2); 1974 Sch. 13 para. 10(2).
(3)	1964 s. 8(10); 1974 Sch. 13 para. 10(2).
(4)	1964 s. 8(3).
(5)	1964 s. 8(4).
(6)	1964 s. 8(3), (10).
64	1964 s. 8(8); 1975 (c.21) s. 298(1); 1977 Sch. 11; 1980 (c.44) s. 32(2); 1982 (c.48) s. 74(1).
65	1964 s. 8(5); 1974 Sch. 13 para. 10(2).
66(1)(a), (b)	1964 s. 8(12).
(c)	1964 s. 107.
(d)	drafting
(2)	1964 s. 107.
67(1)	1958 s. 47(1), (2)(b).
(2)	1958 s. 47(3), (5)(c), (6).
(3)	1958 s. 47(5)(c).
(4)	1958 s. 47(6) proviso (b).
(5)	1958 s. 47(5) (a), (b) proviso.
68(1)	1968 (S.) s. 24(1).
(2)	1968 (S.) s. 24(2), (4)(c), (5).
(3)	1968 (S.) s. 24(4)(c).
(4)	1968 (S.) s. 24(5) proviso (b).
(5), (6)	1968 (S.) s. 24(4)(a), (b) proviso.
69(1)	1972 (S.) ss. 58(2), 59(1); 1972 ss. 78(2), 79(1).
(2)	1972 (S.) ss. 58(5), 59(2); 1972 ss. 78(6), 79(2).
(3)	1972 ss. 78(1), 79(2).
(4)	1972 (S.) ss. 58(1), (5), 59(2).
70	drafting.
71	drafting.
72	“building society” 1964 s. 8(11); “Chief Registrar” 1964 s. 8(11); “officer” 1964 s. 8(11); “registered charity” drafting see 1974 s. 32(3)(1).
73	drafting.
74(1), (2)	drafting.
75(1)	1974 s. 1(2).
(2)	1974 s. 1(3).
(3)	1974 s. 1(2).
(4)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 5; 1974 Sch. 1 para. 3.
Provision	Derivation
76(1)	1964 s. 1(2); R.34(i).
(2)	1974 s. 9(3).
(3)	1964 s. 1(2).
(4)	1959 (c.53) s. 29; 1959 (c.70) s. 29; 1964 s. 1(4), (9).
77	1964 s. 7; R.35.
78	1964 s. 10(6).
79(1)	1974 s. 9(1).
(2)	1974 s. 9(2).
(3)	1974 s. 9(1), (2), (4).
(4)	1974 s. 9(3).
80(1)-(3)	1974 s. 9(5).
(4)	1974 s. 9(6).
81	1984 s. 24(1).
82	drafting.
83(1), (2)	1974 s. 10(1).
(3), (4)	1974 s. 10(2); 1978 s. 5(1), (2).
84(1)	1980 s. 111(1); 1984 s. 20(1).
(2)	1980 s. 111(3); 1984 s. 20(2).
(3)	1980 s. 111(4); 1984 s. 20(3).
(4)	1980 s. 111(1), (5); 1984 s. 20(4)(a).
(5)	1980 s. 111(5), (6); 1984 s. 20(4)(b).
(6)	1980 s. 111(8); 1984 s. 20(7).
85(1)	drafting.
(2)	1984 s. 20(5); “recognised body”.
(3)	1984 s. 20(6).
(4)	1984 ss. 18(3), (4), 20(5) “relevant advance”.
(5)	1984 s. 18(4) “long lease”.
86	1980 (S.) s. 31.
87(1)-(3)	1980 s. 121(2).
(4)	1980 s. 121(3).
88(1)	1974 ss. 1(2)(d), 3(1), (3).
(2)	1974 s. 3(6).
(3)	1974 s. 3(4); 1981 Sch. 4 para. 1.
(4)	1974 s. 3(2).
(5)	1974 s. 3(5).
89	1974 s. 4.
90(1)	1974 s. 5(2).
(2)	1974 s. 5(3); 1976 (c. 75) Sch. 7 para. 12; 1981 (c. 64) Sch. 12 para. 13(a).
(3)	1974 s. 5(3A); 1980 Sch. 25 para. 24.
(4)	1974 s. 5(4).
(5)	1974 s. 5(5)-(7).
(6)	1974 s. 5(1).
91	1959 (c.53) s. 29(1); 1959 (c.70) s. 29(1); 1964 s. 1(4), (9).
92(1)	1974 s. 7(2).
(2)	1974 s. 7(3).
(3)	1974 s. 7(4); 1975 (c.55) Sch. 4 para. 8.
(4)	1974 s. 7(6).
Provision	Derivation
92(5)	1974 s. 7(8).
(6)	1974 s. 7(7).
93(1)	1974 s. 7(1).
(2)	1974 s. 7(5); 1975 Sch. 5 para. 12; S.I. 1975/374; 1980 s. 120(1); S.I. 1983/664.
(3)	1974 ss. 7(5), 128(1).
(4)	1980 s. 120(2).
(5)	1974 s. 7(9).
94(1)	1974 s. 8(1); 1983 (c.29) s. 4.
(2)	1974 s. 8(2).
(3)	1974 s. 8(3).
(4)	1974 s. 8(4).
(5)	1974 s. 8(5).
(6)	1974 s. 8(2).
95	1980 s. 121(1).
96(1)	1974 s. 10(3).
(2)	1974 s. 10(4).
(3)	1974 s. 10(5).
(4)	1974 s. 10(6).
(5)	1974 s. 10(4), (5), (6).
97(1)	1964 s. 10(1).
(2)	1964 s. 10(2).
(3)	1964 s. 10(3).
(4)	1964 s. 10(4), (5); 1968 (c.13) Sch. 1; 1974 Sch. 13 para. 10(3).
(5)	1964 s. 10(5); 1985 (c.9) Sch. 2.
(6)	1964 s. 10(7).
98(1)	1974 s. 6(1).
(2)	1974 s. 6(3).
99	1974 s. 6(2).
100	1964 s. 11; 1974 Sch. 13 para. 10(4).
101	“building society” 1980 s. 111(7); “financial year” 1964 s. 10(7); 1978 (c.30) Sch. 1; “highway” 1974 s. 12; “subsidiary” 1974 s. 12; 1985 (c.9) Sch. 2.
102	drafting.
103	1972 s. 103; 1975 Sch. 5 para. 7(1); S.I. 1972/1204; S.I. 1975/512; R.29.
104(1)	1963 (c.33) s. 21(1), (2); 1972 (c.70) s. 193(1); 1966 (S.) s. 1; 1973 (c.65) s. 130(3), Sch. 12 para. 6; S.I. 1972/1204; S.I. 1973/886; S.I. 1975/512.
(2)	drafting.
105	1957 s. 104B(4B)(c); 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(2).
106(1), (2).	“bank” 1957 s. 104B(6), 1978 Sch. para. 7, 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(5); “building society”passim; “dwelling” 1966 (S.) s. 208(1), 1972 s. 104(1), 1974 s. 129(1)(2); “friendly society”passim; “hostel” 1974 s. 129(1)(2), 1966 (S.) s. 208(1); “house” 1957 s. 189(1); 1966 (S.) s. 208(1), 1980 s. 130(3); “housing activities” 1980 s. 133(2), Sch. 18 para. 9, 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(5); “insurance company” 1957 s. 104B(6), 1978 Sch. para. 8, 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(5); “local authority” 1957 s. 1, 1974 ss. 5, 129, 1980 s. 111, 1980 (c.52) s. 31, 1984 ss. 18(3), 20(5); 1985 (c.51) Sch. 14 para. 64(a), (b); “new town corporation” 1972 (S.) s. 78(1), 1974 s. 5(3)(c)(d), 1981 (c.64) Sch. 12 para. 13(a); “shared ownership lease” drafting; “trustee savings bank” 1957 s. 104B(6), 1978 Sch. para. 6, 1984 Sch. para. 1(5); “urban development corporation” 1984 s. 18(3).
Provision	Derivation
107	drafting.
Schedules
Sch. 1
para. 1	1974 Sch. 2 para. 1.
para. 2	1974 Sch. 2 para. 2.
para. 3	1974 Sch. 2 para. 3.
Sch. 2	1980 s. 122(4), (5), (6).
para. 1(1)	1957 s. 104B(1); 1980 s. 92.
(2)	1957 s. 104B(2), (3); 1980 s. 92; 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(1).
para. 2(1)	1957 s. 104B(5); 1980 s. 92; 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(3).
(2)	1957 s. 104B(5A); 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(4).
(3)	1957 s. 104B(7); 1980 s. 92.
(4)	1957 s. 104B(6); 1978 Sch. paras. 6-9; 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(5).
para. 3(1)	1957 s. 104C(1), (9); 1980 s. 92; 1984 Sch. 6 para. 2(1), (5).
(2)	1957 s. 104C(2); 1980 s. 92; 1984 Sch. 6 para. 2(2).
(3)	1957 s. 104C(3); 1980 s. 92.
(4)	1957 s. 104C(5); 1980 s. 92.
(5)	1957 s. 104C(6); 1980 s. 92.
(6)	1957 s. 104C(8); 1980 s. 92.
para. 4	1957 s. 104B(4), 104C(7A); 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(2), 2(4).
para. 5(1)	1957 s. 104B(4A); 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(2).
(2)	1957 s. 104B(4B), (8); 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(2).
para. 6	1957 s. 104B(4A)(d); 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(2); drafting.
para. 7	1957 ss. 104B(4C), 104C(7); 1984 Sch. 6 paras. 1(2), 2(4).
para. 8(1)	1957 ss. 104B(9), 104C(10); 1980 s. 92; 1984 Sch. 6 para. 1(6), 2(6).
(2)	1957 s. 104C(10); 1980 s. 92.
Sch. 3
para. 1(1), (2)	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 1(1), (2).
para. 2(1), (2)	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 2(1), (2).
para. 3(1)-(4)	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 3(1)-(4).
para. 4(1), (2)	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 4(1), (2).
para. 5	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 5(1), (2).
para. 6	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 5(3), (4).
para. 7	1980 Sch. 16 Part I para. 6.
Sch. 4
Pt. I
para. 1	1972 s. 78(2), (3), (5).
para. 2	1974 Sch. 13 para. 5.
Pt. II
para. 1	1972 Sch. 7 Pt. III; 1972 (S.) Sch. 1 Pts. IV, VI.
para. 2	1972 s. 79(1); 1972 (S.) s. 59(1).
Pt. III	1972 (S.) s. 58(2)(a), (g), (4).
Sch. 5
Pt. I
para. 1	1972 s. 72(1)-(7), (9).
para. 2	1972 s. 73(1)-(7).
para. 3	1972 s. 104(1) “housing association”.
para. 4	1972 ss. 74(1), (5), 104(4).
para. 5	1972 ss. 15(1), (2), (5), 71(4).
para. 6	1972 s. 74(2)-(4).
para. 7	drafting.
Pt. II
para. 1	1972 (S.) s. 52(1)-(6), 8.
para. 2	1972 (S.) s. 53(1)-(3), (8), (9).
para. 3	1972 (S.) s. 78(1) “housing association”.
para. 4	1972 (S.) ss. 54(1), 68(1).
para. 5	1972 (S.) ss. 13, 51(4).
Provision	Derivation
Sch. 5
Pt. IIcont.
para. 6	1972 (S.) s. 54(2)-(4).
para. 7	drafting.
Pt. III
para. 1(1)	1969 Sch. 9 para. 1; 1974 Sch. 14 para. 6.
(2)	1958 s. 28; 1967 Sch. 3 para. 6; 1969 Sch. 8 para. 17.
(3)	1958 s. 12(1); 1967 s. 12(6); 1969 s. 21(8); Sch. 9 para. 1; 1974 Sch. 14 para. 6.
para. 2	1958 s. 12(2); 1969 Sch. 9 para. 1.
para. 3(1)	1968 (S.) s. 17(3); 1974 Sch. 14 para. 6.
(2)	1968 (S.) s. 57(1).
(3)	1968 (S.) s. 17(2); 1974 Sch. 14 para. 6.
para. 4(1)	1968 (S.) s. 58(1).
(2)	1968 (S.) s. 58(3).
(3)	1968 (S.) s. 58(2).
Pt. IV
para. 1(1)	1968 (S.) s. 16(2); 1974 Sch. 14 para. 6.
(2)	1968 (S.) s. 58(1).
(3)	1968 (S.) s. 58(3).
Pt. V
para. 1	1972 s. 78(2)(d), (5).
para. 2	1972 (S.) s. 58(2)(f), (4).
Pt. VI
para. 1(1)	1974 s. 35(1).
(2)-(4)	1972 ss. 15(1), (2), (5), 71(4); 1972 (S.) ss. 13(1)-(3), 51(4).
para. 2(1)	1972 (S.) ss. 56(2), 57(4); 1972 s. 76(2).
(2)	1972 (S.) ss. 56(3), 57(4); 1972 s. 76(3).
(3)	1972 (S.) ss. 56(4), 57(4); 1972 s. 76(4).
para. 3(1)-(3)	1972 (S.) s. 55(12); 1972 s. 75(12); 1974 Sch. 13 paras. 23(4), 32.
(4)	1972 (S.) s. 57(4); 1972 s. 74(5).
para. 4	1974 s. 35(2).
Pt. VII
para. 1(1)	1974 s. 35(1).
(2)	1974 s. 35(4).
(3)	1974 s. 35(5).
Sch. 6
para. 1(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 1.
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 6; 1974 Sch. 1 para. 4.
(3)	1964 s. 1(3).
para. 2(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(1); 1974 Sch. 1 para. 1.
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2A(1); 1974 Sch. 1 para. 2.
para. 3(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(2).
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(4).
(3)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(5).
(4)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2A(1); 1974 Sch. 1 para. 2.
para. 4(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(1), (2).
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(4).
(3)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(3).
para. 5(1), (2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(7).
para. 6(1), (2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(8).
(3), (4)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2(9); 1972 (c.11) Sch. 6 para. 47.
para. 7(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 3(1).
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 3(2).
para. 8(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2A(2); 1974 Sch. 1 para. 2.
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2A(3); 1974 Sch. 1 para. 2.
(3)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 2A(4); 1974 Sch. 1 para. 2.
para. 9(1)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 4(1); 1980 Sch. 25 para. 13.
(2)	1964 Sch. 1 para. 4(2).
Sch. 7
para. 1	R.36.
para. 2(1)	1964 s. 2(3); 1972 s. 77(2); 1974 Sch. 14 para. 1; R.36.
(2)	1964 s. 2(3).
para. 3	1964 s. 5(3); R.36.
Provision	Derivation
Sch. 7cont.
para. 4	1964 s. 2(4); R.36.
para. 5(1), (2)	1964 s. 5(1); R.36.
(3), (4)	1964 s. 5(2); R.36.
(5)	1964 s. 5(4).