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Section 251 Appointment of manager of private registered providerF7I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This section applies if the regulator is satisfied that—

(a)

a F1private registered provider has failed to meet a standard under section F2193, 194 or 194C,

F3(aa)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

the affairs of a F4private registered provider have been mismanaged in relation to social housing.

(2)

The regulator may F5by notice to the registered provider —

(a)

appoint F6... a manager of the registered provider, or

(b)

require the registered provider to appoint ... a manager.

(3)

An appointment or requirement may relate to a manager—

(a)

of the registered provider's affairs generally in so far as they relate to social housing, or

(b)

of specified affairs relating to social housing.

(4)

Appointment shall be on terms and conditions (including as to remuneration) specified in, or determined in accordance with, the appointment or requirement.

(5)

A manager shall have—

(a)

any power specified in the appointment or requirement, and

(b)

any other power in relation to the registered provider's affairs required by the manager for the purposes specified in the appointment or requirement (including the power to enter into agreements and take other action on behalf of the registered provider).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 251(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68(a)

F2

Words in s. 251(1)(a) substituted (20.9.2023) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), ss. 22(7), 46(3); S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(j)

F3

S. 251(1)(aa) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 33; S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(viii) (with reg. 3)

F4

Words in s. 251(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68(a)

F5

Words in s. 251(2) inserted (20.9.2023) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 4 para. 13; S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(x)

F6

Words in s. 251(2) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 3 para. 8; S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(y)

F7

Words in s. 251(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 68(b)

Commencement

I1

S. 251 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

Notes on Part 2

Modifications

C1

Pt. 2 modified (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 16 para. 69(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)