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(1)This section applies to the following landlords—
(a)a local housing authority;
(b)a housing action trust;
[F2(ba)a non-profit registered provider of social housing;]
(c)a registered social landlord.
(2)The landlord must prepare—
(a)a policy in relation to anti-social behaviour;
(b)procedures for dealing with occurrences of anti-social behaviour.
(3)The landlord must not later than 6 months after the commencement of section 12 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 publish a statement of the policy and procedures prepared under subsection (2).
(4)The landlord must from time to time keep the policy and procedures under review and, when it thinks appropriate, publish a revised statement.
(5)A copy of a statement published under subsection (3) or (4)—
(a)must be available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the landlord’s principal office;
(b)must be provided on payment of a reasonable fee to any person who requests it.
(6)The landlord must also—
(a)prepare a summary of its current policy and procedures;
(b)provide without charge a copy of the summary to any person who requests it.
(7)In preparing and reviewing the policy and procedures the landlord must have regard to guidance issued—
(a)by the Secretary of State in the case of a local housing authority or a housing action trust;
[F3(aa)by the Regulator of Social Housing in the case of a non-profit registered provider of social housing;]
(b)by the [F4Welsh Ministers] under section 36 in the case of a registered social landlord.
[F5(8)Anti-social behaviour is—
(a)conduct that is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to some person (who need not be a particular identified person) and that directly or indirectly relates to or affects the landlord's housing management functions, or
(b)conduct that consists of or involves using or threatening to use housing accommodation owned or managed by the landlord for an unlawful purpose.]
F6(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 218A inserted (30.6.2004 for E.) by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38), ss. 12(1), 93; S.I. 2004/1502, art. 2(a)(i)
F2S. 218A(1)(ba) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 104(2) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F3S. 218A(7)(aa) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 104(3)(a) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F4Words in s. 218A(7)(b) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 104(3)(b) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F5S. 218A(8) substituted for s. 218A(8)(8A) (23.3.2015) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 23 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2015/373, art. 4(f)(v)
F6S. 218A(9) repealed (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 104(4), Sch. 4 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
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