Paragraph 30 Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Rights of Access of Comptroller and Auditor General) Order 2003I1

For article 4 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Rights of Access of Comptroller and Auditor General) Order 2003^f1 (registered social landlords) substitute—

“Private registered providers of social housing

4.

(1)

Section 8(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 shall apply in relation to relevant documents held or controlled by a body that is or was a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord.

(2)

In paragraph (1) —

(a)

“registered social landlord” means a body which was registered as a social landlord in a register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996 before the commencement of section 278 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and in relation to whom the Relevant Authority was the Regulator of Social Housing (in accordance with section 56 of the Housing Act 1996), and

(b)

“relevant documents” means documents that relate to the functions carried out by the private registered provider of social housing or the registered social landlord.”.