SCHEDULE 2Amendment of enactments: Part 2

Housing Act 1985I119

1

Section 80 (the landlord condition for secure tenancies) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for “Housing Corporation” substitute “Regulator of Social Housing”, and

b

for “housing association” substitute “housing association to which this section applies by virtue of subsection (2)”.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

in paragraph (a) for “registered social landlord other than” substitute—

a housing association which—

i

is a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord, but

ii

is not

b

in paragraph (b) for “not a registered social landlord” substitute “neither a private registered provider of social housing nor a registered social landlord”.

4

In subsection (3)—

a

after “housing association ceases to be” insert “a private registered provider of social housing or”, and

b

for “a registered social landlord”, in the second place where it appears, substitute “such a body”.

5

The amendments made by sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) have effect only so far as the words amended continue to have effect by virtue of section 35(5) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 18 to, the Housing Act 198823.