{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/50",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A tenancy under which the interest of the landlord belongs to—\n(a) a local authority, as defined in sub-paragraph (2) below;\n(b) the Homes and Communities Agency but only if the tenancy falls within subsections (2A) to (2E) of section 80 of the Housing Act 1985;\n(ba) the Welsh Ministers but only if the tenancy falls within subsections (2A) to (2E) of section 80 of the Housing Act 1985;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) an urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;\n(da) a Mayoral development corporation;\n(da) a National Park authority;\n(e) a development corporation, within the meaning of the New Towns Act 1981;\n(f) an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities);\n(fa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(g) a residuary body, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1985;\n(gg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(h) a fully mutual housing association,...\n(i) a housing action trust established under Part III of this Act.\n(2) The following are local authorities for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above—\n(a) the council of a county, county borough, district or London borough;\n(b) the Common Council of the City of London;\n(c) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(d) the Broads Authority;\n(e) the Inner London Education Authority; and\n(ea) a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;\n(ee) the London Fire Commissioner;\n(f) a joint authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1985;\n(fa) an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n(fb) a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;\n(fc) a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; and\n(g) a police and crime commissioner.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(b)(ba) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 12(b) (1.12.2008)by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 40 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3038, art. 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(c) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(da) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 (1)(da) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 28 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art, 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(fa) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(22); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(gg) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 32"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(h) inserted (1.12.2014) by Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7), ss. 137(2), 145(3); S.I. 2014/3127, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(h) omitted (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 16(18)(a)(i) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 3, 10, 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(a) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(2), Sch. 8 para. 9(2) (with ss. 54(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(ea) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 58; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(ee) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 83; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(fa)(fb) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(8), 149, Sch. 6 para. 79(3); S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(fc) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 99 (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(g) substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 178; S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(3) omitted (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 16(18)(a)(ii) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 3, 10, 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1981 c. 64."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1985 c. 51."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 excluded (6.4.2006 for E.and 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 132, 270, Sch. 7 para. 18(6)(b); S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 excluded (6.4.2006 for E. and 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 132, 270, Sch. 7 para. 12(5)(b)(9); S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 excluded (6.4.2006 for E. and 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 132, 270, Sch. 7 para. 4(5)(b); S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 excluded (6.4.2006 for E. and 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 124(8) (with s. 124(9)(10)); S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(g) excluded (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2)(g) excluded (29.6.2026) by 2011 c. 13, Sch. 10A para. 54 (as inserted by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(5), Sch. 24 (with s. 102))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/19",
      "affecting_title": "Immigration Act 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:37.392139+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."
}