Statutory Instruments
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
21st April 1999
Laid before Parliament
30th April 1999
Coming into force
1st July 1999
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(7) of the Housing Act 1996(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:–
1. This Order may be cited as the Social Landlords (Additional Purposes or Objects) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
2.—(1) The following are specified as permissible purposes or objects additional to those specified in section 2(4) of the Housing Act 1996(2) (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 1996(3).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
21st April 1999
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
21st April 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 2 of the Housing Act 1996 specifies the bodies that are eligible for registration as social landlords. For two categories of body (a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 and a company registered under the Companies Act 1985) the section sets out conditions that must be satisfied for registration. In addition to the core purposes or objects, there are permissible additional purposes or objects.
This Order specifies further permissible additional purposes or objects that such a body may have, namely–
(a)carrying out certain activities, including the provision of land, amenities or services, for persons who are not residents of the body, if any such activity is also being carried out for the body’s own residents;
(b)if the body is managing certain accommodation, providing amenities or services for residents both of that accommodation and of other accommodation;
(c)carrying out regeneration activities for the benefit of persons all or some of whom are persons benefitting from activities mentioned in or specified under section 2.