5(1)Section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (consent to certain disposals of housing obtained from new town corporations) is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1ZA)Subsection (1) does not apply to a disposal of land by a private registered provider of social housing.”
(3)In subsection (1A)—
(a)omit paragraph (a);
(b)in paragraph (b), for “any other” substitute “a”.
(4)In subsection (7), omit “section 148 or 172 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008,”.