2 Eligibility for registration
Housing Act 1996 (1996 c 52) | Legislation

2  Eligibility for registration

(1)     [A Welsh body] is eligible for registration as a social landlord if it is—

(a)     a registered charity which is a housing association,

(b)     [a registered society] which satisfies the conditions in subsection (2), or

(c)     [a company] which satisfies those conditions.

(2)     The conditions are that the body is [principally concerned with Welsh housing, is] non-profit-making and is established for the purpose of, or has among its objects or powers, the provision, construction, improvement or management of—

(a)     houses to be kept available for letting,

(b)     houses for occupation by members of the body, where the rules of the body restrict membership to persons entitled or prospectively entitled (as tenants or otherwise) to occupy a house provided or managed by the body, or

(c)     hostels,

and that any additional purposes or objects are among those specified in subsection (4).

[(2A)     A body is principally concerned with Welsh housing if the Welsh Ministers think—

(a)     that it owns housing only or mainly in Wales, or

(b)     that its activities are principally undertaken

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