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Section 9: Community landlords

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 · 2016 anaw 1View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: OCCUPATION CONTRACTS AND LANDLORDS — CHAPTER 2: NATURE OF CONTRACTS WHICH CAN BE MADE ETC. BY COMMUNITY LANDLORDS AND PRIVATE LANDLORDS

In this Act "community landlord"means a landlord which is—

an authority mentioned in subsection (2),
a registered social landlord, other than a fully mutual housing association or a co-operative housing association, or
a private registered provider of social housing (see section 80(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17)).

The authorities are—

a local authority;
a new town corporation;
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an urban development corporation;
a housing co-operative to which subsection (3) applies.

This subsection applies to a housing co-operative (within the meaning of section 27B of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)) to the extent that any dwelling subject to an occupation contract is comprised in a housing co-operative agreement within the meaning of that section.

In this Act "registered social landlord" means a person registered in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52).

In this Act "fully mutual housing association" and "co-operative housing association" have the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69) (see section 1(2) of that Act).

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of—

providing that a person which is for the time being a community landlord is not a community landlord;
providing that a person which is not a community landlord is a community landlord;
changing a description of a person which is for the time being a community landlord.

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