PART 10MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 1FURTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
Consultation obligations of community landlords
I1234Consultation arrangements
1
A community landlord must make and maintain such arrangements as it considers appropriate—
a
for informing contract-holders under occupation contracts with the landlord of relevant proposals on housing management matters, and
b
for giving the contract-holders a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposals.
2
The duties in subsection (1)—
a
apply only where a relevant proposal on a housing management matter is likely to substantially affect all the contract-holders under occupation contracts with the landlord, or a relevant group of such contract-holders, and
b
apply only in relation to the contract-holders who are likely to be substantially affected.
3
Before making any decision on a relevant proposal on a housing management matter, the landlord must consider any comments made by contract-holders in accordance with the arrangements.
4
“Relevant proposal on a housing management matter” means a proposal that, in the opinion of the landlord, is about—
a
a new programme of maintenance, improvement or demolition of dwellings subject to occupation contracts, or
b
a change in the practice or policy of the landlord in relation to management, maintenance, improvement or demolition of such dwellings.
5
But a proposal is not a relevant proposal on a housing management matter so far as it relates to—
a
the rent payable or other consideration due to the landlord, or
b
charges for services and facilities provided by the landlord.
6
“Relevant group” means a group that—
a
forms a distinct social group, or
b
occupies dwellings which constitute a distinct class (whether by reference to the kind of dwelling, or the housing estate or other larger area in which they are situated).
7
This section is subject to paragraph 12(7) in Part 2 of Schedule 8 (approval of redevelopment schemes).
I2235Statement of consultation arrangements
1
A landlord required to make arrangements under section 234 must prepare and publish a statement of the arrangements.
2
If the landlord is a local housing authority, it must make a copy of the statement available at the landlord's principal office for inspection at all reasonable times, without charge, by members of the public.
3
If the landlord is a registered social landlord or a private registered provider of social housing, it must send a copy of the statement to the Welsh Ministers and the local housing authority for the area in which the dwellings are situated.
4
A local housing authority to which a copy is sent under subsection (3) must make it available at its principal office for inspection at all reasonable times, without charge, by members of the public.
5
The landlord must give a copy of the statement—
a
to any contract-holder under an occupation contract with the landlord who asks for one, free of charge, and
b
to any other person who asks for one, on payment of a reasonable fee.
6
The landlord must also—
a
prepare a summary of the statement, and
b
provide a copy of the summary without charge to any person who asks for one.