117.—(1) Section 79 of Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(1) (measures to reduce under-occupation by housing benefit claimants) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (10) for paragraph (b) (but not the “or” following it) substitute—
“(b)an unregistered housing association within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985,
(ba)a private registered provider of social housing,
(bb)a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996,”.
(3) After subsection (10) insert—
“(10A) But if the payments are to be made to a profit-making private registered provider of social housing the dwelling is in the public or social rented sector for the purposes of this section only if the dwelling is social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 117 in force at 1.4.2010, see art. 1(2)