{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Appeal against decision on removal.",
  "text": "(1) A body which is aggrieved by a decision of the Welsh Ministers—\n(a) not to register it as a social landlord, or\n(b) to remove or not to remove it from the register of social landlords,\nmay appeal against the decision to the High Court.\n(2) If an appeal is brought against a decision relating to the removal of a body from the register, the Welsh Ministers shall not remove the body from the register until the appeal has been finally determined or is withdrawn.\n(3) As soon as may be after an appeal is brought against a decision relating to the removal of a body from the register, the Welsh Ministers shall give notice of the appeal—\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.",
  "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. 6(3) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 186; 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. 6(3)(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)(c) (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(3)(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)(c) (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. 6 extended (16.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3, Sch. para. 1S. 6 restricted (16.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3, Sch. para. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/6",
    "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."
}