Version Superseded: 06/04/2017
Point in time view as at 03/08/2012. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Section 173 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)This section lists exceptions to the requirement of consent in section 172.
(2)Exception 1 is that consent is not required for disposal by a registered provider by way of—
(a)an assured tenancy,
(b)an assured agricultural occupancy,
(c)an arrangement that would be an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy but for any of paragraphs 4 to 8, 12(1)(h) and 12ZA to 12B of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (exclusions),
(d)a secure tenancy, or
(e)an arrangement that would be a secure tenancy but for any of paragraphs 2 to 12 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (exclusions).
(3)Exception 2 is that consent is not required for a disposal for which consent is required under—
(a)section 81 or 133 of the Housing Act 1988, or
(b)section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).
(4)Exception 3 is that consent is not required for a disposal under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (right to buy).
(5)Exception 4 is that consent is not required for a disposal in pursuance of a tenant's right to acquire under—
(a)section 180, or
(b)section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) (tenant's right to acquire social housing in Wales).
Commencement Information
I1S. 173 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
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