Additional permissible purposes or objects2

1

The following are specified as permissible purposes or objects additional to those specified in section 2(4) of the Housing Act 19962 (eligibility for registration as a social landlord)–

a

providing land, amenities or services, or providing, constructing, repairing or improving buildings, either exclusively or together with other persons, for persons who are not residents of the body if the activity in question is also being carried out for residents of the body;

b

providing amenities or services for residents all or some of whom are residents of accommodation being managed by the body under section 2(4)(d) of the Housing Act 1996;

c

carrying out regeneration activities for the benefit of persons all or some of whom are persons benefitting from any of the activities carried out by the body which are mentioned in or specified under section 2 of that Act (other than by this sub-paragraph).

2

In paragraph (1)–

a

“persons”, except where the word first occurs in sub-paragraph (a), does not include a body of persons corporate or unincorporate;

b

“regeneration activities” means activities which contribute to the regeneration or development of an area for the purposes of section 126 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 19963.