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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-transfer-from-a-local-authority-landlord-england-regulations-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2898",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Right to Transfer from a Local Authority Landlord) (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-transfer-from-a-local-authority-landlord-england-regulations-2013",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which are made under section 34A of the Housing Act 1985, set out the procedure to be followed where a tenant group wishes to serve a notice on an authority proposing that the authority should dispose of particular land used for housing purposes under Part 2 of the Housing Act 1985 to a private registered provider of social housing. The Regulations impose requirements on the authority to co-operate where a notice is served pursuant to these Regulations.\nThe Regulations apply to England only.\nThe Regulations are divided into 5 parts.\nPart 1 provides general provisions for:\n(a) Secretary of State guidance relating to these Regulations (regulation 3);\n(b) conditions that the tenant group must satisfy (regulation 4) ;\n(c) content of the proposal notice (regulation 5);\n(d) extension of time (regulation 6);\n(e) written communications (regulation 7);\n(f) appointment of an arbitrator (regulation 8); and\n(g) determination by the Secretary of State (regulation 9).\nPart 2 is the initiating the process stage and provides for:\n(a) service of the proposal notice (regulation 10);\n(b) acceptance of the proposal notice (regulation 11);\n(c) rejection of the proposal notice (regulation 12); and\n(d) request for a determination by the Secretary of State (regulation 13).\nPart 3 is the feasibility study stage and provides for:\n(a) a feasibility study (regulation 14);\n(b) the duties of the authority (regulation 15);\n(c) the content of the feasibility study statement (regulation 16); and\n(d) the grounds on which an authority may reject a feasibility study statement (regulation 17).\nPart 4 is the development stage and provides for:\n(a) the duties of the authority (regulation 18);\n(b) the timetable to take forward a proposal (regulation 19);\n(c) procedure on the failure to agree a timetable (regulation 20);\n(d) consultation with tenants (regulation 21); and\n(e) Secretary of State consent (regulation 22).\nPart 5 provides for the procedure to be followed on an application to the Secretary of State for a determination.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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