{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Removal from the register.",
  "text": "(1) A body which has been registered as a social landlord shall not be removed from the register except in accordance with this section.\n(2) If it appears to the the Welsh Ministers that a body which is on the register of social landlords—\n(a) is no longer a body eligible for such registration, or\n(b) has ceased to exist or does not operate,\nthe Welsh Ministers shall, after giving the body at least 14 days’ notice, remove it from the register.\n(3) In the case of a body which appears to the Welsh Ministers to have ceased to exist or not to operate, notice under subsection (2) shall be deemed to be given to the body if it is served at the address last known to the Welsh Ministers to be the principal place of business of the body.\n(4) A body which is registered as a social landlord may request the Welsh Ministers to remove it from the register and the Welsh Ministers may do so, subject to the following provisions.\n(5) Before removing a body from the register of social landlords under subsection (4) the Welsh Ministers shall consult the local authorities in whose area the body operates; and the Welsh Ministers shall also inform those authorities of its decision.\n(6) As soon as may be after removing a body from the register of social landlords the Welsh Ministers shall give notice of the removal—\n(a) in the case of a registered charity, to the Charity Commission,\n(b) in the case of a registered society, to the Financial Conduct Authority, and\n(c) in the case of a company (including a company that is a registered charity), to the registrar of companies,\nwho shall record the removal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pt. I substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(7), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(6) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 185; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 56 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(6)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 5(1)(2)(b) (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(6)(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 161(3)(b) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1: The system of \"registered social landlords\" under this Part is replaced (8.9.2008 for specified purposes and 1.12.2008, 16.2.2009, 1.4.2009, 7.9.2009 and 1.4.2010 for further purposes) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), Pt. 2. This Part continues to apply in relation to Wales with certain provisions applied in relation to England and certain provisions preserved although they apply to England only, see s. 60 of the affecting Act; S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 3 (with arts. 6-13); S.I. 2009/363, art. 2; S.I. 2009/803, art. 7; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 4 extended (16.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3, Sch. para. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:46.595645+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."
}