{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For section 176 substitute—\n“Notification of disposal\n176 (1) If a private registered provider disposes of a dwelling that is social housing it must notify the regulator.\n(2) If a non-profit registered provider disposes of land other than a dwelling it must notify the regulator.\n(3) Subsection (1) continues to apply to any land of a private registered provider even if it has ceased to be a dwelling.\n(4) The regulator may give directions about—\n(a) the period within which notifications under subsection (1) or (2) must be given;\n(b) the content of those notifications.\n(5) The regulator may give directions dispensing with the notification requirement in subsection (1) or (2).\n(6) A direction under this section may be—\n(a) general, or\n(b) specific (whether as to particular registered providers, as to particular property, as to particular forms of disposal or in any other way).\n(7) A direction dispensing with a notification requirement—\n(a) may be expressed by reference to a policy for disposals submitted by a registered provider;\n(b) may include conditions.\n(8) The regulator must make arrangements for bringing a direction under this section to the attention of every registered provider to which it applies.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 16 in force at 6.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/75, reg. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/schedule/4/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:25.877565+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."
}