The landlord condition is, subject to F1paragraph 7A and to any order under paragraph 8, that the interest of the landlord belonged to, or to a predecessor of—

• a local authority,

• a new town corporation,

• F2 a housing action trust

• the Development Board for Rural Wales,

• an urban development corporation,

• the F3Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales,

• a F4registered social landlord which is not a co-operative housing association,

The corresponding authorities and bodies in Scotland are—

• a F7council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994,

• a joint board or joint committee of such a council,

• the common good of such a council or a trust under its control,

• a development corporation established by an order made or having effect as if made under the M1New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968,

• F8the Scottish Special Housing Association

• F8Scottish Homes,

• a housing association which falls within F9section 61(2)(a)(vi) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 but is not a registered society within the meaning of section F945 of that Act, and

• F10. . .

The corresponding authorities and bodies in Northern Ireland are—

• a district council within the meaning of the M2Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972,

• the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, and

• a registered housing association within the meaning of Chapter II of Part II of the M3Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.