The Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
S.I. 2019/682 · Made 26 March 2019
Housing, England
Made 26th March 2019
Laid before Parliament 1st April 2019
Coming into force 23rd April 2019
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016f1.
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Footnotes
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Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 23rd April 2019.
2Amendment of the Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016
The Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 19f2 after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A)Subject to paragraph (5), the accommodation is provided by a private registered providerf3 under an agreement with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authorityf4 —
(a)to provide the accommodation pursuant to paragraph 20 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Devolution Deal of 16th March 2017f5, and
(b)which permits the accommodation to be let as social housing at an affordable rent.
(2B)Subject to paragraph (5), the accommodation is provided by a private registered provider under an agreement with one or more of the local authorities specified in paragraph (2C) —
(a)to provide the accommodation pursuant to the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Outline Agreement of 22nd November 2017f6, and
(b)which permits the accommodation to be let as social housing at an affordable rent.
(2C)For the purposes of paragraph (2B), the specified local authorities are—
(a)Cherwell District Council,
(b)Oxford City Council,
(c)South Oxfordshire District Council,
(d)Vale of White Horse District Council,
(e)West Oxfordshire District Council.”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Kit Malthouse
Minister of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
26th March 2019
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016 which, amongst other things, define affordable rent housing for the purposes of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7).
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends that definition by identifying another category of accommodation that may be let at an affordable rent, that is accommodation provided by a private registered provider of social housing pursuant to the relevant paragraph of either an agreement between Government and local leaders in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough of 16th March 2017, or an agreement between Government and the local authorities in Oxfordshire of 22nd November 2017, under which funding is allocated to support the delivery of social housing let at an affordable rent in these areas.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Devolution Deal of 16th March 2017 is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/600239/Cambridgeshire_and_Peterborough_Devolution_Deal.pdf.
The Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Outline Agreement of 22nd November 2017 is available https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/692093/Oxfordshire_Housing_and_Growth_Deal_-_Outline_Agreement.pdf.
A hard copy of these documents is available from the Housing Delivery Team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.