Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Social rented sector: housing complaints

Subscriptions payable in respect of approved schemes E+W

11 (1) Members of an approved scheme shall pay a subscription, calculated as set out in the scheme, to the person administering the scheme. E+W

(2) If a social landlord fails to comply with his duty under paragraph 1, the Secretary of State may determine—

(a) which approved scheme or schemes he should have joined, and

(b) what sums by way of subscription he should have paid,

and may require him to pay those amounts to the person administering the scheme or schemes.

(3) The person administering an approved scheme may recover sums payable under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) as if they were debts due to him.

(4) The Secretary of State F1 ... may pay grant and provide other financial assistance to—

(a) a body corporate administering an approved scheme, or

(b) in a case where paragraph 10(2) applies, to the housing ombudsman under an approved scheme,

for such purposes and upon such terms as the Secretary of State F2 ... thinks fit.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(4) repealed (20.5.2009 for specified purposes, 7.9.2009 for E. for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 124(4)(a), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/1261, art. 4; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(c) (with art. 3(1)(2)); S.I. 2010/862, arts. 2, 3 (with Sch.)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 11(4) repealed (20.5.2009 for specified purposes, 7.9.2009 for E. for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 124(4)(b), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/1261, art. 4; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(c) (with art. 3(1)(2)); S.I. 2010/862, arts. 2, 3 (with Sch.)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 para. 11(4) modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. para. 5 (with art. 6)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 11 wholly in force 1.4.1997; Sch. 2 para. 11 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(1)-(3); Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(3)(4) in force at 1.8.1996 by S.I. 1996/2048, art. 2 (subject to the limitation in (2) of that art.); Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 1.4.1997 so far as not already in force by S.I. 1997/618, art. 2 (subject to the limitation in (2) of that art.)