Sch 2 para 51
(1) The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 is amended as follows. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) After that Article insert— Exclusion of Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (155A) Section 16(3) and (5) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (recommendations by services supply associations to members) do not apply to recommendations made to lending and savings institutions about the manner of implementing Articles 153 and 154, or the corresponding English or Scottish provisions, provided that the recommendations are made with the approval of the Department of the environment for Northern Ireland, or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State, which may be withdrawn at any time on one month’s notice. (4) In Article 156 (indemnity agreements with building societies), at the end add— (7) Section 16(3) and (5) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (recommendations by services supply associations) do not apply to a recommendation made about the making of agreements under this Article, or under the corresponding provisions in England and Wales (namely, section 442 of the Housing Act 1985 and section 84 of the Housing Associations Act 1985), provided that the recommendations are made with the approval of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, or, as the case may be, of the Secretary of State, which may be withdrawn at any time on one month’s notice. (5) In Schedule 10 (institutions recognised for purposes of the scheme for assisting first-time buyers)— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) in Part II (savings institutions) in paragraph 12 after “section 1 of the Home Purchase Assistance and Housing Corporation Guarantee Act 1978” insert “or section 446 of the Housing Act 1985”.