Housing Act 1988

[F1 7 (1) In section 9 (control by Corporation of disposition of land by housing associations) for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsections— E+W+S

“(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) In subsection (3) of that section—

(a) for the words “the consent of the Corporation”, in the first place where they occur, there shall be substituted “consent”; and

(b) for the words “the consent of the Corporation”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be substituted “that consent”.

F2 (3)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 para. 7 repealed (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 15(8); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)

F2 Sch. 6 para. 7(3) repealed (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2010/862, arts. 2, 3 (with Sch.)