Housing Act 1996

3 Registration. E+W

(1) The [F1 Relevant 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 [F1 Relevant Authority] may determine.

(3) As soon as may be after registering a body as a social landlord the [F1 Relevant Authority] shall give notice of the registration—

(a) in the case of a registered charity, to the [F2 Charity Commission] ,

(b) in the case of an industrial and provident society, to the [F3 Financial Services Authority], and

(c) in the case of a company registered under the M1 Companies 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

F1 Words 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.

F2 Words 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.

F3 Words in s. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 351

Commencement Information

I1 S. 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.)

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 6.