{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-107",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-107.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/69",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Associations Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985",
  "path": "section/107",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "107",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing Associations Act 1985.\n(2) This Act comes into force on 1st April 1986.\n(3) The following provisions of this Act apply to England and Wales only—\nsection 2,\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nsection 8(2) and (3),\nsections 11 and 12,\nsection 17(4),\nsection 18,\nsection 20,\nsection 31,\nsections 34 to 36,\nsection 38,\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nsection 58,\nsection 67,\nsection 69(3),\nsection 81,\nsections 84 and 85,\nsection 103,\nsection 105,\nSchedules 2 and 3,\nIn Schedule 4, Part I,\nIn Schedule 5, Part I, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part III and paragraph 1 of Part V.\n(4) The following provisions of this Act apply to Scotland only—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nsection 15A\nsection 59,\nsection 66,\nsection 68,\nsection 69(4),\nsection 86,\nIn Schedule 4, Part III,\nIn Schedule 5, Part II, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part III, Part IV and Part VII.\n(5) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "“17(4)” repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c.50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(2), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words inserted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/69/section/107",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:44.997710+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."
}