36 Issue of guidance by [F1the Welsh Ministers] [F2– housing in England] .E+W
(1)[F1The Welsh Ministers] may issue guidance with respect to the management of housing accommodation [F3in England ] by registered social landlords.
(2)Guidance under [F4 subsection (1) ] may, in particular, be issued with respect to—
(a)the housing demands for which provision should be made and the means of meeting those demands;
(b)the allocation of housing accommodation between individuals;
(c)the terms of tenancies and the principles upon which levels of rent should be determined;
(d)standards of maintenance and repair and the means of achieving those standards;
(e)the services to be provided to tenants;
(f)the procedures to be adopted to deal with complaints by tenants against a landlord;
(g)consultation and communication with tenants;
(h)the devolution to tenants of decisions concerning the management of housing accommodation.
[F5(i)the policy and procedures a landlord is required under section 218A to prepare and from time to time revise in connection with anti-social behaviour.]
F6(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F7(3)Before issuing any guidance under this section [F1the Welsh Ministers] shall consult such bodies appearing to [F1the Welsh Ministers] to be representative of registered social landlords as [F1the Welsh Ministers] considers appropriate; and where [F1the Welsh Ministers] issues guidance under this section it shall be issued in such manner as [F1the Welsh Ministers] considers appropriate for bringing it to the notice of the landlords concerned.
F8(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
(5)Guidance issued under this section may be revised or withdrawn; and [F9subsection (3) applies] in relation to the revision of guidance as in relation to its issue.
(6)Guidance under this section may make different provision in relation to different cases and, in particular, in relation to different areas, different descriptions of housing accommodation and different descriptions of registered social landlord.
F10(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. I substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(7), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F2Words in s. 36 heading inserted (2.12.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 6; S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 3(k)
F3Words in s. 36(1) inserted (2.12.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 7(a); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 3(k)
F4Words in s. 36(2) substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 13(2)
F5S. 36(2)(i) inserted (30.6.2004 for E.) by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38), ss. 12(2), 93; S.I. 2004/1502, art. 2(a)(i)
F6S. 36(2A) omitted (2.12.2011) by virtue of Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 7(b); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 3(k)
F7S. 36(3)(4) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para.87 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art.5.
F8S. 36(4) 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. 90(2), Sch. 4 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F9Words in s. 36(5) 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. 90(3) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F10S. 36(7) omitted (15.8.2018) by virtue of Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 4), s. 19(2), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(g)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 36(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
I1S. 36 wholly in force 1.10.1996; s. 36 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 36(1)-(6) in force at 1.8.1996 by S.I. 1996/2048, art. 2 and s. 36(7) in force at 1.10.1996 by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in the Sch.)