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Housing Act 1985, Section
6A
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(1)In this Act “the [F2Relevant Authority]” means the [F3Regulator of Social Housing], [F4the Secretary of State] or Scottish Homes, subject as follows.
(2)In relation to a housing association which is—
(a)a registered charity which has its address for the purposes of registration by the [F5Charity Commission] in Wales,
(b)a [F6registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014] which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Wales, or
(c)a company [F7registered under the Companies Act 2006] which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Wales,
“the [F2Relevant Authority]” means [F4the Secretary of State].
(3)In relation to a housing association which is a [F6 registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014] which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Scotland, “the [F2Relevant Authority]” means Scottish Homes.
(4)In relation to any other housing association which is a registered charity, a [F6registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014] or a company [F7registered under the Companies Act 2006], “the [F2Relevant Authority]” means the [F8Regulator of Social Housing].
[F9(4A)This section is subject to any provision made elsewhere in this Act.]
(5)In this section “registered charity” means a charity which is registered [F10in accordance with section 30 of the Charities Act 2011] F11. . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 6A substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)
F2Words in s. 6A 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
F3Words in s. 6A(1) 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. 17 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F4Words in s. 6A(1)(2) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 7 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F5Words in s. 6A(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 75(1), 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 77(2); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 4-13)
F6Words in s. 6A(2)(b) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 34 (with Sch. 5)
F7Words in s. 6A(2)(c)(4) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), {Sch. 1 para. 62(2)} (with art. 10)
F8Words in s. 6A(4) 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. 17 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F9S. 6A(4A) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
F10Words in s. 6A(5) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 43 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)
F11Words in s. 6A(5) repealed (31.1.2009) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 75(1)(2), 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 77(3)(b), Sch. 9; S.I. 2008/3267, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3-17) (as amended (29.9.2009) by S.I. 2009/2648, art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6A modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), art. 3, Sch. para. 2(1) (with art. 6); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
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