{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-6A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/6A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": "The Corporation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “the Relevant Authority” means the Regulator of Social Housing, the Secretary of State or Scottish Homes, subject as follows.\n(2) In relation to a housing association which is—\n(a) a registered charity which has its address for the purposes of registration by the Charity Commission in Wales,\n(b) a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Wales, or\n(c) a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Wales,\n“the Relevant Authority” means the Secretary of State.\n(3) In relation to a housing association which is a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in Scotland, “the Relevant Authority” means Scottish Homes.\n(4) In relation to any other housing association which is a registered charity, a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or a company registered under the Companies Act 2006, “the Relevant Authority” means the Regulator of Social Housing.\n(4A) This section is subject to any provision made elsewhere in this Act.\n(5) In this section “registered charity” means a charity which is registered in accordance with section 30 of the Charities Act 2011 . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6A substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 5 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(1)(2) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 7 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 75(1), 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 77(2); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 4-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(2)(b) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 34 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(2)(c)(4) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), {Sch. 1 para. 62(2)} (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(4) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 6A(4A) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(5) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 43 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(5) repealed (31.1.2009) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 75(1)(2), 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 77(3)(b), Sch. 9; S.I. 2008/3267, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3-17) (as amended (29.9.2009) by S.I. 2009/2648, art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6A modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), art. 3, Sch. para. 2(1) (with art. 6); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/6A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}