Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019

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PART 9

Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions

Amendments of Act of 1992

67.The Act of 1992 is amended—

(a) in section 1(1), by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘approved housing body’ has the meaning given to it by the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019;”,

(b) in section 4(1)(b)(i), by substituting “an approved housing body” for “an approved body”,

(c) in section 6—

(i) in subsection (1) —

(I) in paragraph (b), by substituting “subject to subsection (8A), an approved housing body,” for “a body standing approved of for the purposes of this section,”, and

(II) by substituting “or approved housing body” for “or body”,

(ii) in subsection (2) —

(I) in paragraphs (b), (c) and (e), by substituting “approved housing body” for “body” in each place where it occurs, and

(II) in paragraph (ea) by substituting “an approved housing body” for “a body” in both places where it occurs,

(iii) in subsection (4) —

(I) by substituting “or an approved housing body” for “or a body”, and

(II) by substituting “or approved housing body” for “or body” in each place where it occurs,

(iv) by deleting subsections (6) and (7), and

(v) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (8):

“(8A) Where, by virtue of section 69 of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019, a person is receiving existing assistance (within the meaning of subsection (2)(b) of the said section 69 ), that person shall not receive from a housing authority any assistance under this section that is not existing assistance.”,

(d) in section 7—

(i) in subsection (1)(a), by substituting “an approved housing body,” for “a body approved of for the purposes of section 6,”, and

(ii) in subsection (2) —

(I) in paragraph (j), by substituting “approved housing body” for “body” in both places, and

(II) in paragraph (k), by substituting “an approved housing body” for “a body”,

and

(e) in section 32—

(i) in paragraph (b), by substituting “an approved housing body,” for “a body standing approved of for the purposes of section 6,”, and

(ii) by substituting “approved housing body” for “approved body”.