33.—(1) Section 458 (minor definitions) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) in the definition of “housing authority”—
(a)for “subject to subsection (2)” substitute “subject to subsections (1A) and (2) and sections 450A(6), 450B(4) and 450D(10)”, and
(b)after “Relevant Authority” insert “, a private registered provider of social housing”.
(3) After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) A profit-making registered provider of social housing is a housing authority for the purposes of this Part only in relation to social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.”.