Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016

(1)

The Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 19^f2 after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)
Subject to paragraph (5), the accommodation is provided by a private registered provider^f3 under an agreement with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority^f4 —

(a)
to provide the accommodation pursuant to paragraph 20 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Devolution Deal of 16th March 2017^f5, 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 2017^f6, 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.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2016/390.
f2: There has been an amendment to regulation 19 which is not relevant to this instrument.
f3: See section 33(1) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 for the definition of private registered provider.
f4: See S.I. 2017/251 which established the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
f5: 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. A hard copy is available from the Housing Delivery Team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.
f6: The Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Outline Agreement of 22nd November 2017 is available at 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 is available from the Housing Delivery Team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.