Section 3: Registration.

Housing Act 1996 · 1996 c. 52View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Social Rented Sector regulated by the Welsh Ministers — Chapter I: Registered social landlords

The Relevant Authority may register as a social landlord any Welsh body which is eligible for such registration.

An application for registration shall be made in such manner, and shall be accompanied by such fee (if any), as the Welsh Ministers may determine.

As soon as may be after registering a body as a social landlord the Welsh Ministers shall give notice of the registration—

in the case of a registered charity, to the Charity Commission,
in the case of a registered society, to the Financial Conduct Authority, and
in the case of a company (including a company that is a registered charity), to the registrar of companies,

who shall record the registration.

A Welsh body which at any time is, or was, registered as a social landlord shall, for all purposes other than rectification of the register, be conclusively presumed to be, or to have been, at that time a body eligible for registration as a social landlord.

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