{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-79.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/79",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "English bodies",
  "text": "(1) In this Part “English body” means—\n(a) a registered charity whose address for the purposes of registration by the Charity Commission is in England,\n(b) a registered society whose registered office for the purposes of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 is in England,\n(c) a registered company which has its registered office in England,\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and\n(f) a limited liability partnership which has its registered office in England.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 122 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 79(1)(b) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 124 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 79(1)(d) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), ss. 6(b), 46(3); S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 79(1)(e) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), ss. 6(b), 46(3); S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 79(1)(f) and word inserted (20.9.2023) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), ss. 6(a), 46(3); S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 79(2)-(5) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 4; S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 79 in force at 8.9.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 79 in force at 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:57.313988+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."
}