Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

Part I U.K. [F1 Social Rented Sector [F2 regulated by the Welsh Ministers]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I title substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(1), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F2 Words in Pt. I title substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(u)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Part I (ss. 1-64) amended (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art.3

C2 Pt. 1: The system of "registered social landlords" under this Part is replaced (8.9.2008 for specified purposes and 1.12.2008, 16.2.2009, 1.4.2009, 7.9.2009 and 1.4.2010 for further purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), Pt. 2. This Part continues to apply in relation to Wales with certain provisions applied in relation to England and certain provisions preserved although they apply to England only, see s. 60 of the affecting Act; S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 3 (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/363, art. 2; S.I. 2009/803, art. 7; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

Chapter IV E+W General powers of the [F3 Relevant Authority]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Pt. I 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.

Housing management E+W

36 Issue of guidance by [F4 the Welsh Ministers] [F5 – housing in England] . E+W

(1) [F4 The Welsh Ministers] may issue guidance with respect to the management of housing accommodation [F6 in England ] by registered social landlords.

(2) Guidance under [F7 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.

[F8 (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.]

F9 (2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F10 (3) Before issuing any guidance under this section [F4 the Welsh Ministers] shall consult such bodies appearing to [F4 the Welsh Ministers] to be representative of registered social landlords as [F4 the Welsh Ministers] considers appropriate; and where [F4 the Welsh Ministers] issues guidance under this section it shall be issued in such manner as [F4 the Welsh Ministers] considers appropriate for bringing it to the notice of the landlords concerned.

F11 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(5) Guidance issued under this section may be revised or withdrawn; and [F12 subsection (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.

F13 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Words 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.)

F5 Words 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)

F6 Words 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)

F7 Words in s. 36(2) substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 13(2)

F8 S. 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)

F9 S. 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)

F10 S. 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.

F11 S. 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)

F12 Words 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)

F13 S. 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)

C3 S. 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

I1 S. 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.)