{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-2.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-2.9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/2.9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2.9",
  "heading": "The hearing",
  "text": "(1) At the hearing of the housing administration application, any of the following may appear or be represented—\n(a) the Secretary of State;\n(b) the Regulator of Social Housing;\n(c) the registered provider;\n(d) a relevant officer of the registered provider;\n(e) if an administrative receiver has been appointed, that person;\n(f) any person who has presented a petition for the winding up of the registered provider;\n(g) the person proposed for appointment as housing administrator;\n(h) any person that is the holder of a qualifying floating charge;\n(i) any person that is the holder of security over property of the registered provider;\n(j) any person who has applied to the court for an administration order under Schedule B1;\n(k) any supervisor of a voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the Act;\n(l) with the permission of the court, any other person who appears to have an interest justifying their appearance.\n(2) If the court makes a housing administration order, the costs of the applicant and of any other person whose costs are allowed by the court, are payable as an expense of the administration.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2.9 in force at 5.7.2018, see rule 1.1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/719/article/2.9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:44.383213+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."
}