UK Act of Parliament
1985
United Kingdom
Housing Associations Act 1985
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What this Act requires
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Part I — Regulation of Housing Associations
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Meaning of “housing trust”.
The Corporation.
Meaning of “registered housing association”, “registered social landlord”
The register.
Eligibility for registration.
Registration.
Removal from the register.
Appeal against removal.
Power of registered housing associations to dispose of land.
Control of disposals by unregistered housing associations
Dispositions excepted from s. 9.
Further provisions as to certain disposals of houses.
Avoidance of certain disposals of houses without consent.
Payments by way of gift, dividend or bonus.
Maximum amounts payable by way of fees, expenses, etc.
Payments and benefits to committee members, etc.
Payments etc. in community-based housing associations in Scotland.
General power to remove committee member.
Power to appoint new committee member.
Exercise of powers under ss. 16 and 17 in relation to registered charities.
Change of rules under the 1965 Act.
Change of objects by certain charities.
Amalgamation and dissolution under the 1965 Act.
Corporation’s power to petition for winding up.
Transfer of net assets on dissolution.
General requirements as to accounts and audit.
Appointment of auditors by associations registered under the 1965 Act.
Accounting requirements for registered housing associations not within the 1965 Act.
Responsibility for securing compliance with accounting requirements
Power of Corporation to monitor associations.
Inquiry.
Extraordinary audit for purposes of inquiry.
General powers exercisable as a result of inquiry or audit.
Exercise of powers under ss. 28 to 30 in relation to registered charities.
Power to direct transfer of land to another housing association or the Corporation.
Recognition of central association.
Provision of services between the Corporations.
Provision of land by county councils.
Housing trusts: power to transfer housing to local housing authority.
Housing trusts: functions of Secretary of State with respect to legal proceedings.
Issue of guidance by the Corporation.
Definitions relating to the 1965 Act and societies registered under it.
Definitions relating to charities.
Minor definitions.
Index of defined expressions: Part I.
Part II — Housing Association Finance
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Hostel deficit grants.
Applications for deficit grants.
Payment of deficit grants.
Powers of local authorities to promote and assist housing associations: England and Wales.
Powers of local authorities to promote and assist housing associations: Scotland.
Certain assistance restricted to registered housing associations.
Power of local housing authority to supply furniture to housing association tenants.
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Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners: England and Wales.
Local loans made by the Treasury: Scotland.
Power to vary or terminate certain agreements with housing associations.
Land subject to housing management agreement.
Continuation of arrangements under repealed enactments.
Superseded contributions, subsidies and grants.
Minor definitions.
Index of defined expressions: Part II.
Part III — Social Housing in Wales
Minor definitions.
Amended 1 timeIndex of defined expressions: Part III.
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The Welsh Ministers
General functions
Directions by the Secretary of State.
Realisation of value of Housing Corporation’s loans portfolio.
Advisory service.
Annual report.
Lending powers.
Security for loans to unregistered self-build societies.
Further advances in case of disposal on shared ownership lease.
Loans made under s. 2 of the Housing Act 1964.
Power to guarantee loans.
Agreements to indemnify certain lenders
Meaning of “recognised body” and “relevant advance”.
Agreements to indemnify building societies: Scotland.
Financial assistance with respect to formation, management, etc. of certain housing associations.
Acquisition of land.
Provision of dwellings or hostels and clearance, management and development of land.
Disposal of land.
Protection of persons deriving title under transactions requiring consent.
Borrowing powers.
Limit on borrowing.
Treasury guarantees of borrowing.
Grants to the Housing Corporation.
General financial provisions.
Accounts and audit.
Acquisition of securities and promotion of body corporate.
Control of subsidiaries.
Scottish Special Housing Association may act as agents for Relevant Authority in Scotland.
Part IV — General Provisions
Local housing authorities.
Amended 2 timesMembers of a person’s family.
Amended 4 timesMinor definitions — general.
Amended 25 timesBrowse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Schedules
(1) The association’s auditor appointed under this Schedule shall make...
- Auditor must report on your accounts with true and fair view opinion Any Person
Browse 24 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
For the purposes of section 9(1A) (control . . ....
The payments referred to in paragraph 1(a) are—
The loans referred to in paragraph 1(b) are—
(1) This paragraph applies where, on a disposal of a...
(1) The liability that may arise under the covenant required...
(1) Where a conveyance, grant or assignment executed under section...
(1) A disposal, whether of the whole or part of...
(1) A disposal is an exempted disposal for the purposes...
In this Schedule a “compulsory disposal” means a disposal of...
Where there is a relevant disposal which is an exempted...
(1) For the purposes of this Schedule the grant of...
(1) The association shall in respect of its housing activities—...
(1) The association shall for each period of account prepare—...
(1) The association shall in each period of account appoint...
The auditor in preparing his report shall carry out such...
The auditor— (a) has a right of access at all...
A period of account for the purposes of this Schedule...
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This Schedule applies where— (a) the Housing Corporation made a...
(1) The Regulator of Social Housing may ... give the...
Where the Regulator of Social Housing proposes to give a...
(1) Where the Regulator of Social Housing proposes to give...
(1) If it appears to the Regulator of Social Housing—...
The following abbreviations are used in this Table:— Acts of...
Other sections — not classified into a Part
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Arrangements made between the Secretary of State and a housing...
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