PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 3 TENANT PARTICIPATION

I156 Tenant management agreements: further provision

1

An agreement under section 55 may be made in relation to—

a

all or any part of the landlord’s housing functions,

b

all or any part of the houses held by the landlord for the purposes of those functions.

2

In that section and this section, references to the landlord’s housing functions are—

a

in relation to a local authority landlord, references to the functions of the landlord—

i

relating to land or any interest in land held by it for the purposes of Part I of the 1987 Act,

ii

under sections 4 and 5 (power to provide furniture, board and laundry facilities) of that Act, in connection with any such land or interest,

b

in relation to a registered social landlord, references to its housing activities within the meaning of section 83(3),

c

in relation to F1Scottish Water , references to its functions in relation to the provision and management of houses.

3

An agreement under section 55 between a tenant management co-operative and a local authority landlord may, without prejudice to any other enactment, include terms providing for the letting of land to the co-operative by the landlord for a period not exceeding 20 years.

4

A local authority must continue to include in its housing revenue account houses on land included in an agreement under that section between a tenant management co-operative and a local authority landlord; and neither the making of the agreement nor any letting of land in pursuance of it is to be treated as a ground for the reduction, suspension or discontinuance of any Exchequer contribution or subsidy under section 202 of the 1987 Act.

5

In subsection (4), “Exchequer contribution” has the meaning given in section 338(1) of the 1987 Act.