Section 6A Voluntary undertakingsF1
England and Wales
A registered social landlord may give the Welsh Ministers an undertaking in respect of any matter concerning housing.
The Welsh Ministers may prescribe a procedure to be followed in giving an undertaking.
The Welsh Ministers must have regard to any undertaking offered or given in exercising a regulatory or enforcement power.
The Welsh Ministers may base a decision about whether to exercise a regulatory or enforcement power wholly or partly on the extent to which an undertaking has been honoured.
In this section, “regulatory or enforcement power” means a power exercisable under any of the following provisions—
section 35,
section 37,
section 38,
Chapter 4A of this Part,
paragraphs 4 and 6 to 15H of Part 2 of Schedule 1,
Part 3A of Schedule 1,
Part 4 of Schedule 1.
This section does not apply in relation to a registered social landlord's provision of housing in England.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 6A and cross-heading inserted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), ss. 41, 90(2); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(f)
Notes on Part I
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. I title substituted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 61(1), 325(1); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)
- F2
Words in Pt. I title substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(u)
Modifications
- C1
Part I (ss. 1-64) amended (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art.3
- C2
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.)
Notes on Chapter I
Modifications
- C1
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.)