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Section 36: Issue of guidance by the Welsh Ministers – housing in England .

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

Part I: Social Rented Sector regulated by the Welsh Ministers — Chapter IV: General powers of the Relevant Authority

The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance with respect to the management of housing accommodation in England by registered social landlords.

Guidance under subsection (1) may, in particular, be issued with respect to—

the housing demands for which provision should be made and the means of meeting those demands;
the allocation of housing accommodation between individuals;
the terms of tenancies and the principles upon which levels of rent should be determined;
standards of maintenance and repair and the means of achieving those standards;
the services to be provided to tenants;
the procedures to be adopted to deal with complaints by tenants against a landlord;
consultation and communication with tenants;
the devolution to tenants of decisions concerning the management of housing accommodation.
the policy and procedures a landlord is required under section 218A to prepare and from time to time revise in connection with anti-social behaviour.

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Before issuing any guidance under this section the Welsh Ministers shall consult such bodies appearing to the Welsh Ministers to be representative of registered social landlords as the Welsh Ministers considers appropriate; and where the Welsh Ministers issues guidance under this section it shall be issued in such manner as the Welsh Ministers considers appropriate for bringing it to the notice of the landlords concerned.

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Guidance issued under this section may be revised or withdrawn; and subsection (3) applies in relation to the revision of guidance as in relation to its issue.

Guidance under this section may make different provision in relation to different cases and, in particular, in relation to different areas, different descriptions of housing accommodation and different descriptions of registered social landlord.

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