The Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Provisions) Order 1996

17.—(1) Section 58 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987(1) (landlords exempt from certain provisions of the Act) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(2), for paragraph (g) and the word “or” at the end of the paragraph substitute—

“(g) a registered social landlord, or a fully mutual housing association which is not a registered social landlord; or.”

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) In subsection (1)(g)—

“fully mutual housing association” has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 (see section 1(1) and (2) of that Act); and

“registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act).”

(1)

1987 c. 31.

(2)

Section 58(1) was amended by the 1988 Act (paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 and paragraph 114 of Schedule 17), by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (paragraph 8 of Schedule 8), by the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (paragraph 28 of Schedule 6), and by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (paragraph 61 of Schedule 4).