Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)

PART 4 U.K. Social housing in England

CHAPTER 5 U.K. Insolvency of registered providers of social housing

Housing administration U.K.

101 Housing administrators U.K.

(1) The housing administrator of a registered provider—

(a) is an officer of the court, and

(b) in carrying out functions in relation to the registered provider, is the registered provider's agent.

(2) The housing administrator of a registered provider must aim to achieve the objectives of the housing administration as quickly and as efficiently as is reasonably practicable.

(3) A person is not to be the housing administrator of a registered provider unless qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the registered provider.

(4) If the court appoints two or more persons as the housing administrator of a registered provider, the appointment must set out—

(a) which (if any) of the functions of a housing administrator are to be carried out only by the appointees acting jointly,

(b) the circumstances (if any) in which functions of a housing administrator are to be carried out by one of the appointees, or by particular appointees, acting alone, and

(c) the circumstances (if any) in which things done in relation to one of the appointees, or in relation to particular appointees, are to be treated as done in relation to all of them.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 101 in force at 5.7.2018 by S.I. 2018/805, reg. 3(a)