3 Registration.E+W
(1)The [F1Relevant Authority] may register as a social landlord any body which is eligible for such registration.
(2)An application for registration shall be made in such manner, and shall be accompanied by such fee (if any), as the [F1Relevant Authority] may determine.
(3)As soon as may be after registering a body as a social landlord the [F1Relevant Authority] shall give notice of the registration—
(a)in the case of a registered charity, to the [F2Charity Commission] ,
(b)in the case of an industrial and provident society, to the [F3Financial Services Authority], and
(c)in the case of a company registered under the M1Companies Act 1985 (including such a company which is also a registered charity), to the registrar of companies,
who shall record the registration.
(4)A body which at any time is, or was, registered as a social landlord shall, for all purposes other than rectification of the register, be conclusively presumed to be, or to have been, at that time a body eligible for registration as a social landlord.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 1 substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5.
F2Words in s. 3(3) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 184; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 351
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 wholly in force 1.10.1996; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 3(2) in force for certain purposes at 1.8.1996 by S.I. 1996/2048, art. 3 and s. 3 in force at 1.10.1996 to the extent it is not already in force by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to the transitional provisions and savings in the Sch. to that S.I.)
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