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Part I Social Rented Sector regulated by the Welsh Ministers
Chapter I Registered social landlords
Chapter II Disposal of land and related matters
Chapter III Grants and other financial matters
Chapter V Miscellaneous and general provisions
114. Minor amendment of section 1(1)(a) of Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
115. Power for leasehold valuation tribunal to determine amount of costs payable under Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
116. Compensation for postponement of termination in connection with ineffective claims.
118. Estate management schemes in connection with enfranchisement by virtue of s. 106.
Part IV Universal Credit, Housing benefit and related matters
Chapter II Repossession, &c.: Secure and Assured Tenancies
Part VI Allocation of housing accommodation
Part VII Homelessness: England
General functions in relation to homelessness or threatened homelessness
Application for assistance in case of homelessness or threatened homelessness
Duty to assess every eligible applicant's case and agree a plan
Duties to persons found to be homeless or threatened with homelessness
189B.Initial duty owed to all eligible persons who are homeless
192. Duty to persons not in priority need who are not homeless intentionally.
193. Duty to persons with priority need who are not homeless intentionally.
193A.Consequences of refusal of final accommodation offer or final Part 6 offer at the initial relief stage
193B.Notices in cases of an applicant's deliberate and unreasonable refusal to co-operate
207. Discharge of functions: provision of accommodation by the authority.
209. Discharge of interim duties: arrangements with private landlord
211. Protection of property of homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness.
213. Co-operation between relevant housing authorities and bodies.
213B.Duty of public authority to refer cases in England to local housing authority
SCHEDULES
Registered social landlords: regulation
Part I Control of payments to members, &c
Part II Constitution, change of rules, amalgamation and dissolution
Companies exempt from audit requirements: accountant’s report
Registered societies exempt from audit requirements: accountant’s report
Accounting and audit or reporting requirements for charities
Charities exempt from audit requirements: accountant’s report
Responsibility for securing compliance with accounting requirements
Disclosure of information by auditors etc. to the Relevant Authority
Part IV Inquiry into affairs of registered social landlords
Further Provision About The Social Housing Ombudsman For Wales
Social rented sector: minor amendments
Rights exercisable by surveyor appointed by tenants’ association
Text of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, as amended
Amendments of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Part I Rights of first refusal
The following sections are substituted for sections 5 to 10...
Part II Enforcement by tenants of rights against purchaser
The following sections are substituted for sections 11 to 15...
Part III Enforcement of rights against subsequent purchasers and termination of rights
The following sections replace sections 16 and 17 of the...
Part IV Consequential amendments
Assured tenancies: schedule inserted after Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988
Low rent test: extension of rights
Section 107: consequential amendments
2.In section 1(4) (right to acquire additional property satisfied by...
3.(1) Section 9 (the reversioner and other relevant landlords) shall...
5.(1) Section 11 (right of qualifying tenant to obtain information...
6.(1) Section 13 (notice by qualifying tenants of claim to...
8.(1) Section 21 (reversioner’s counter-notice) shall be amended as follows....
9.(1) Section 26 (application to court where relevant landlords cannot...
10.In section 30 (effect on acquisition of institution of compulsory...
11.(1) Section 34 (conveyance to nominee purchaser) shall be amended...
12.(1) Section 36 (nominee purchaser required to grant leases back...
13.In section 38 (interpretation of Chapter I), in subsection (3),...
14.In Schedule 1 (conduct of proceedings by reversioner on behalf...
15.In that Schedule, after Part I there shall be inserted—...
16.In Schedule 2 (special categories of landlords), in paragraph 1(1),...
18.(1) Schedule 6 (purchase price payable by nominee purchaser) shall...
19.In Schedule 7 (conveyance to nominee purchaser on enfranchisement), in...
20.(1) Schedule 9 (grant of leases back to former freeholder)...
Compensation for postponement of termination in connection with ineffective claims
Administration of housing benefit, &c
Housing benefit and related matters: consequential amendments
Introductory tenancies: consequential amendments
Arrest for anti-social behaviour: powers of High Court and county court to remand
Allocation of housing accommodation: consequential amendments
Homelessness: consequential amendments
Part III Orders in relation to property in family and matrimonial proceedings, &c.
8.(1) Section 39 of the Housing Act 1985 (exempted disposals)...
11.In section 90(3) of the Housing Act 1985 (devolution of...
13.In section 99B(2) of the Housing Act 1985 (persons qualifying...
15.(1) Section 160 of the Housing Act 1985 (exempted disposals...
16.In section 171B(4)(b) of the Housing Act 1985 (extent of...
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