Amendments relating to the field of housing

2.—(1) Field 11 (housing) of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Act is amended as follows.

(2) After matter 11.1(1) insert—

“Matter 11.2

Social housing providers.

Matter 11.3

Relevant social housing bodies.

Matter 11.4

Tenure of rented social housing and other arrangements under which social housing is provided.

Matter 11.5

Disposals of—

(a)social housing,

(b)land held or used for the purposes of, or in connection with, social housing, and

(c)land to which a provision of any of the following enactments applies—

(i)Part 2 of the Housing Act 1985(2);

(ii)Part 5 of the Housing Act 1985;

(iii)Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996(3);

(iv)Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996;

(v)Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008(4)

(insofar as the disposal does not fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of this matter).

Matter 11.6

Provision of advice and non-financial assistance to individuals in respect of their obtaining, and living in, housing.

This matter includes, in particular, advice and non-financial assistance in respect of skills that are relevant to the ability to live independently, or more independently, in housing.

Matter 11.7

Provision by local authorities of caravan sites for use by Gypsies and Travellers.

Matter 11.8

Homelessness.

Interpretation of this field

In this field—

“caravan site” means—

(a)

land on which a caravan or other mobile accommodation (apart from a tent) is stationed for the purposes of human habitation, and

(b)

land which is used in conjunction with land falling within paragraph (a) of this definition;

“local authority” means a county council or a county borough council in Wales;

“relevant social housing body” means a person (if, or insofar as, it is not a social housing provider) which has functions relating to—

(a)

social housing providers, or

(b)

social housing;

but such a person is a relevant social housing body only insofar as the person has functions relating to social housing providers or social housing;

“social housing” means any housing provided by a social housing provider;

“social housing provider” means—

(a)

a local authority, and

(b)

a person (other than a local authority) which—

(i)

provides housing to, or

(ii)

has functions relating to allocation of housing to,

people whose needs are not adequately served by the commercial housing market;

but a local authority or such other person is a social housing provider only insofar as it provides, or has functions relating to allocation of, housing..”.

(1)

Matter 11.1 was inserted by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) (Fire Safety) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1210).