In this Chapter a reference to the provider of social housing is to be construed as follows.
Chapter 3 provides for the establishment of a register of providers of social housing: persons listed in the register—
may be referred to in an enactment or other instrument as "registered providers of social housing", and
are referred to in this Part as "registered providers".
Persons listed in the register who are not local authorities—
may be referred to in an enactment or other instrument as "private registered providers of social housing", and
are referred to in this Part as "private registered providers".