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(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that where—
(a)a lease of a flat has been granted in pursuance of Part V (the right to buy), and
(b)the landlord is the housing authority who granted the lease or another housing authority,
the tenant has, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, a right to a loan in respect of service charges to which this section applies.
[F2(1A) But, except for cases where he is the landlord as the result of the exercise by him (or Housing for Wales) of functions under Part III of the M1 Housing Associations Act 1985, the regulations may not contain provision for cases where the Secretary of State is the landlord. ]
(2)This section applies to service charges in respect of repairs [F3or improvements] (whether to the flat, the building in which it is situated or any other building or land) which are payable in the period beginning with the grant of the lease and ending with the tenth aniversary of the grant or, where the lease provides for service charges to be payable by reference to a specified annual period, with the end of the tenth such period beginning after the grant of the lease.
(3)The regulations may provide that the right—
(a)arises only in respect of so much of a service charge as exceeds a minimum qualifying amount and does not exceed a maximum qualifying amount, and
(b)does not arise unless the amount thus qualifying for a loan itself exceeds a minimum amount,
the amounts being either prescribed or ascertained in a prescribed manner.
(4)The regulations shall provide that the right is—
(a)where the landlord is a housing association, a right to an advance from the [F4Relevant Authority], and
(b)in any other case, a right to leave the whole or part of the service charge outstanding.
(5)The regulations may, as regards the procedure for exercising the right, provide—
(a)that a demand for service charges in respect of repairs [F5or improvements] shall inform the tenant whether, in the landlord’s opinion, he is entitled to a loan and, if he is, what he must do to claim it;
(b)that the right must be claimed within a prescribed period of the demand; and
(c)that on the right being claimed the lender shall inform the tenant of the terms of the loan and of the prescribed period within which the tenant may accept the offer.
[F6(5A) In subsection (4)(a) “ the Relevant Authority ”, in relation to a housing association falling within section 6A(4) [F7and in the case of a property outside Greater London], means the Homes and Communities Agency. ]
[F8(5B) In subsection (4)(a) “ the Relevant Authority ”, in relation to a housing association falling within section 6A(4) and in the case of a property in Greater London, means the Greater London Authority. ]
(6)In this section—
[F9“housing authority”—
does not include a private registered provider of social housing, or a registered social landlord, which is a co-operative housing association;
includes a co-operative housing association which is neither a private registered provider of social housing nor a registered social landlord; and]
“ repairs ” includes works for making good a structural defect. ]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 450A, 450B, 450C and cross heading inserted (13.7.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 5; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(1)
F2S. 450A(1A) inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 16 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F3Words in s. 450A(2) inserted (30.9.2003 for E. and 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 150, 181(1), Sch. 9 para. 2(1)(2); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(i) (subject to Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i), Sch. 2
F4Words in s. 450A(4)(a) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 5 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F5Words in s. 450A(5)(a) inserted (30.9.2003 for E. and 30.3.2004 for W.) by 2002 (c. 15), ss. 150, 181(1), Sch. 9 para. 2(1)(3); S.I. 2003/1986, {art. 2)(c)(i)} (subject to Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i), Sch. 2
F6S. 450A(5A) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 21 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
F7Words in s. 450A(5A) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 16(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)
F8S. 450A(5B) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 16(3); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)
F9Words in s. 450A(6) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 31 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
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