Section 9 Housing listsI1

For section 19 (admission to housing list) of the 1987 Act substitute—

“ Admission to housing list

19

(1)

An applicant for housing held by a local authority or a registered social landlord is entitled to be admitted to a housing list unless the applicant is under 16 years of age.

(2)

In this section, “housing list” means a list of applicants for housing which is kept by any housing provider or jointly by or on behalf of any two or more housing providers in connection with the allocation of housing held by it or them for housing purposes.

(3)

In subsection (2), “housing provider” means any local authority or any registered social landlord.”