# Housing Act 1996, Section 6A: Voluntary undertakings

Extent: E+W

(1) A registered social landlord may give the Welsh Ministers an undertaking in respect of any matter concerning housing.
(2) The Welsh Ministers may prescribe a procedure to be followed in giving an undertaking.
(3) The Welsh Ministers must have regard to any undertaking offered or given in exercising a regulatory or enforcement power.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) This section does not apply in relation to a registered social landlord's provision of housing in England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/6A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-6A
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