{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-2B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-2B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/69",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Associations Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985",
  "path": "section/2B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2B",
  "heading": "Meaning of “registered housing association”, “registered social landlord” etc.",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“registered housing association” means a housing association registered in the register of social landlords maintained under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17),\n“registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1996, and\n“unregistered”, in relation to a housing association, means not registered in the register of social landlords maintained under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17).\n“unregistered”, in relation to a housing association, means—\n(a)not registered as a provider of social housing under Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008,\n(b)not registered as a social landlord under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996, and\n(c)not registered as a social landlord under Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2B inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B substituted (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp. 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 11(3)(c), S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II Table (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B substituted (S.) (1.4.2012) by The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/38), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B repealed (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp. 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 11(3)(b), S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II Table (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 40 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 2B substituted (S.) (1.4.2012) by The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/38), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B substituted (S.) (1.4.2012) by The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/38), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2012) by The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/700), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/69/section/2B",
    "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."
}