- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (18/10/2011)
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(1)The [F1Relevant Authority] may make grants to registered social landlords [F2and [F3private registered providers] of social housing ] in respect of discounts on disposals by them of dwellings [F4in Wales] to tenants otherwise than in pursuance of the right conferred by section 16.
(2)The [F1Relevant Authority] shall make such a grant if the tenant was entitled to exercise the right conferred by section 16 [F5or by section 180 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008] in relation to another dwelling of the [F6landlord or provider (as the case may be)] .
The amount of the grant in such a case shall not exceed the amount of the discount to which the tenant would have been entitled in respect of the other dwelling.
(3)The [F1Relevant Authority]F7... shall specify in relation to grants under this section—
(a)the procedure to be followed in relation to applications for grant;
(b)the circumstances in which grant is or is not to be payable;
(c)the method for calculating, and any limitations on, the amount of grant; and
(d)the manner in which, and time or times at which, grant is to be paid.
(4)In making a grant under this section, [F8the Welsh Ministers] may provide that the grant is conditional on compliance by the registered social landlord [F9or [F10private registered provider] of social housing] with such conditions as [F8the Welsh Ministers] may specify.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. I substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art.5.
F2Words in s. 21(1) inserted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 185(4)(a)(i), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F3Words in s. 21(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(4)(a)
F4Words in s. 21(1) inserted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 185(4)(a)(ii), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F5Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 185(4)(b)(i), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F6Words in s. 21(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 185(4)(b)(ii), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F7Words in s. 21(3) repealed (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 10, Sch. 16
F8Words in Pt. I substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(7), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F9Words in s. 21(4) inserted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 185(4)(c), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F10Words in s. 21(4) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(4)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1: The system of "registered social landlords" under this Part is replaced (8.9.2008 for specified purposes and 1.12.2008, 16.2.2009, 1.4.2009, 7.9.2009 and 1.4.2010 for further purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), Pt. 2. This Part continues to apply in relation to Wales with certain provisions applied in relation to England and certain provisions preserved although they apply to England only, see s. 60 of the affecting Act; S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 3 (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/363, art. 2; S.I. 2009/803, art. 7; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
C2S. 21: transfer of functions (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), arts. 1(1), 2
C3S. 21 modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. para. 5 (with art. 6)
C4S. 21(3) extended (16.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3, Sch. para. 1
Commencement Information
I1S. 21 wholly in force 1.4.1997: s. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 21(3) in force for certain purposes at 1.10.1996 by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 4 and s. 21 in force at 1.4.1997 to the extent it is not already in force by S.I. 1997/618, art. 2
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