3 Registration.E+W
(1)The [F1Relevant Authority] may register as a social landlord [F2any Welsh body] which is eligible for such registration.
(2)An application for registration shall be made in such manner, and shall be accompanied by such fee (if any), as [F3the Welsh Ministers] may determine.
(3)As soon as may be after registering a body as a social landlord [F3the Welsh Ministers] shall give notice of the registration—
(a)in the case of a registered charity, to the [F4Charity Commission] ,
(b)in the case of an industrial and provident society, to the [F5Financial Conduct Authority], and
(c)in the case of [F6a company (including a company that is a registered charity)] , to the registrar of companies,
who shall record the registration.
(4)[F7A Welsh body] which at any time is, or was, registered as a social landlord shall, for all purposes other than rectification of the register, be conclusively presumed to be, or to have been, at that time a body eligible for registration as a social landlord.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 1 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. 3(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(6)(a), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F3Words 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.)
F4Words in s. 3(3) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 184; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words in s. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 5(1)(2)(a) (with Sch. 12)
F6Words in s. 3(3)(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 161(3)(a) (with art. 10)
F7Words in s. 3(4) substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(6)(b), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
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.)
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 wholly in force 1.10.1996; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 3(2) in force for certain purposes at 1.8.1996 by S.I. 1996/2048, art. 3 and s. 3 in force at 1.10.1996 to the extent it is not already in force by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to the transitional provisions and savings in the Sch. to that S.I.)