Paragraph 15 I1I2

in subsection (1), insert at the appropriate place—

• ““registered social housing provider” (or “RSH provider”) means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, a registered provider of social housing;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, a Welsh body registered as a social landlord under section 3 of the Housing Act 1996;”;

after subsection (3), insert—

“(4)

For the purposes of this Chapter, an RSH provider owns premises if—

(a)

the provider is a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) entitled to dispose of the fee simple in the premises, whether in possession or in reversion, or

(b)

the provider is a person who holds or is entitled to the rents and profits of the premises under a lease that (when granted) was for a term of at least 3 years.”