Paragraph 72 Housing Act 1988

Section 82 (power of Relevant Authority to provide legal assistance to tenants after disposal) is amended as follows.

For “Relevant Authority”, wherever appearing, substitute “appropriate authority”.

For subsection (5) substitute—

“(5)

In this section “the appropriate authority” means—

(a)

in a case where the disposal mentioned in subsection (1) was to a private registered provider of social housing, the Regulator of Social Housing, and

(b)

in a case where the disposal mentioned in that subsection was to a registered social landlord, the Welsh Ministers.”.

In the heading for “Power of Relevant Authority to provide” substitute “Provision of”.