The Housing Associations (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England and Wales) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/592
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This order may be cited as the Housing Associations (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England and Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

Section 2 Amendment of section 4 of the Housing Associations Act 1985

(1) Section 4 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (eligibility of housing associations for registration) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) In subsection (3)—

(a) after paragraph (f), there shall be inserted—

(ff) in England and Wales, disposing of houses by way of sale at less than market value to residents of the association;

(b) in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (g), the words “(other than houses held by or for the association)” shall be omitted; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, the words “on land belonging to other persons” shall be omitted.

(3) In subsection (5), in the definition of “assured percentage arrangements”, the words “(other than a house held at that time by or for the association)” shall be omitted.