Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

130 Consultation with respect to management agreements

For section 27A of the 1985 Act there shall be substituted the following section—

“27A Consultation with respect to management agreements

(1) A local housing authority who propose to enter into a management agreement shall make such arrangements as they consider appropriate to enable the tenants of the houses to which the proposal relates—

(a) to be informed of the following details of the proposal, namely—

(i) the terms of the agreement (including in particular the standards of service to be required under the agreement),

(ii) the identity of the person who is to be manager under the agreement, and

(iii) such other details (if any) as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, and

(b) to make known to the authority within a specified period their views as to the proposal;

and the authority shall, before making any decision with respect to the proposal, consider any representations made to them in accordance with those arrangements.

(2) A local housing authority who have made a management agreement shall—

(a) during the continuance of the agreement, maintain such arrangements as they consider appropriate to enable the tenants of the houses to which the agreement relates to make known to the authority their views as to the standards of service for the time being achieved by the manager, and

(b) before making any decision with respect to the enforcement of the standards of service required by the agreement, consider any representations made to them in accordance with those arrangements.

(3) Arrangements made or maintained under subsection (1) or (2) above shall—

(a) include provision for securing that the authority’s responses to any representations made to them in accordance with the arrangements are made known to the tenants concerned, and

(b) comply with such requirements as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(4) Regulations under this section—

(a) may make different provision with respect to different cases or descriptions of case, including different provision for different areas,

(b) may contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient, and

(c) shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5) In the case of secure tenants the provisions of this section apply in place of the provisions of section 105 (consultation on matters of housing management) in relation to the making of a management agreement.”