9Enlarging variation: consultation
(1)This section provides for the consultation exercise that a local housing authority must carry out before it may apply to the Welsh Ministers for an enlarging variation of a direction issued under this Part.
(2)The consultation exercise must seek views on whether there is a need to apply for such a variation.
(3)The persons to be consulted are—
(a)each social housing provider—
(i)which appears to the authority to be a landlord of a dwelling-house situated in the authority’s area (but the authority need not consult itself), and
(ii)which the authority considers would be affected if its application for an enlarging variation of a direction is granted;
(b)any body or bodies appearing to the authority to represent the interests of tenants of dwelling-houses within the authority’s area where—
(i)the landlords of those dwelling-houses are social housing providers, and
(ii)the authority considers that the tenants of those dwelling-houses would be affected if its application for an enlarging variation of a direction is granted;
(c)any other local housing authority whose area is adjacent to the area to which it is proposed that the enlarging elements of the direction are to apply; and
(d)such other persons as the authority considers appropriate.