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Section 75 General functionsF17C1

England and Wales

(1)

The F1Welsh Ministers F2have the following general functions—

F3(a)

to facilitate the proper performance of the functions of registered social landlords;

(b)

to maintain a register of social landlords and to exercise supervision and control over such persons;

(c)

to promote and assist the development of self-build societies (other than registered social landlords) and to facilitate the proper performance of the functions, and to publicise the aims and principles, of such societies;

(d)

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(e)

to undertake, to such extent as the F5Welsh Ministers consider necessary, the provision (by construction, acquisition, conversion, improvement or otherwise) of dwellings for letting or for sale and of hostels, and the management of dwellings or hostels so provided.

F6(f)

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F7(1A)

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(1B)

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(2)

The F8Welsh Ministers shall exercise F9their general functions subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act F10and Part I of the Housing Act 1996.

(3)

Subsection (1) is without prejudice to specific functions conferred on the F11Welsh Ministers by or under this Act F12or Part I of the Housing Act 1996.

(4)

The F13Welsh Ministers may do such things and enter into such transactions as are incidental to or conducive to the exercise of any of F14their functions, general or specific, under this Act or Part I of the Housing Act 1996.

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F16(6)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 75(1) 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. 48(2)(a) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F2

Word in s. 75(1) 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. 48(2)(b) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F3

S. 75(1)(a)-(c) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 55(1), Sch. 3 para. 5; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch.)

F4

Ss. 41–51, 75(1)(d) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F5

Words in s. 75(1)(e) 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. 48(2)(c) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F6

S. 75(1)(f) repealed (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 2 para. 5(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1

F7

S. 75(1A)(1B) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 14; S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)

F8

Words in s. 75(2)-(4) 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. 48(4) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F9

Word in s. 75(2) 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. 48(5) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F10

Words in s. 75(2) inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(26)(a)

F11

Words in s. 75(2)-(4) 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. 48(4) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F12

Words in s. 75(3)(4) inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(26)(b)

F13

Words in s. 75(2)-(4) 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. 48(4) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F14

Word in s. 75(4) 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. 48(6) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F15

S. 75(5) repealed (2.4.2001) by 2000 c. 34, s. 9(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 10(5)), S.I. 2001/566, art. 2

F16

S. 75(6) repealed (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. 48(7), Sch. 4 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

F17

S. 75 heading 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. 48(8) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

Modifications

C1

S. 75: transfer of functions (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), arts. 1(1), 2 (see S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(b))

Notes on Part III

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. III heading 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. 45 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)

Modifications

C1

Pt. III (ss. 74-102) excluded (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 7, Sch. 1 para. 15(6); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch.)

Notes on Functions of the Welsh Ministers and other general matters

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 74 heading 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. 46 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)