84 [F1Agreements to indemnify certain lenders]E+W+S
(1)The [F2Welsh Ministers] may F3. . . enter into an agreement with—
(a)a building society lending on the security of a house, or
(b)a recognised body making a relevant advance on the security of a house,
whereby, in the event of default by the mortgagor, and in circumstances and subject to conditions specified in the agreement, the [F2Welsh Ministers] [F4bind themselves] to indemnify the society or body in respect of the whole or part of the mortgagor’s outstanding indebtedness and any loss or expense falling on the society or body in consequence of the mortgagor’s default.
(2)The agreement may also, if the mortgagor is made party to it, enable or require the [F2Welsh Ministers] in specified circumstances to take a transfer of the mortgage and assume rights and liabilities under it, the building society or recognised body being then discharged in respect of them.
(3)The transfer may be made to take effect—
(a)on terms provided for by the agreement (including terms involving substitution of a new mortgage agreement or modification of the existing one), and
(b)so that the [F2Welsh Ministers] [F5are] treated as acquiring (for and in relation to the purposes of the mortgage) the benefit and burden of all preceding acts, omissions and events.
F6(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)[F7The Welsh Ministers shall, before entering into an agreement in a form about which they have not] previously consulted under this subsection, consult—
(a)in the case of a form of agreement with a building society, [F8the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority] and such organisations representative of building societies and local authorities as [F9they think] expedient, and
(b)in the case of a form of agreement with a recognised body, such organisations representative of such bodies and local authorities as [F9they think] expedient.
F10(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 84 heading substituted (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(7) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F2Words in s. 84 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(2) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F3Words in s. 84(1) repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 140, 152, Sch. 16 para. 38(2), Sch. 18 Pt. VI (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F4Words in s. 84(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F5Word in s. 84(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(4) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F6S. 84(4) repealed (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(5), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F7Words in s. 84(5) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(6)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F8Words in s. 84(5)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2) (with Sch. 12)
F9Words in s. 84(5)(a)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Housing Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/484), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(6)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 12)
F10S. 84(6) repealed (1.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/311, art. 16
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4l) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22, 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c.71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61
Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 20(l) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
Ss. 84(5)(b), 85(4) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 9