SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4E+WReducing social housing regulation

PART 1 E+WRemoval of disposal consent requirements

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)E+W

1(1)Section 171D of the Housing Act 1985 (consent to certain disposals of housing obtained subject to the preserved right to buy) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)After subsection (2) insert—

“(2ZA)Subsection (2) does not apply to a disposal of land by a private registered provider of social housing.”

(3)In subsection (2A)—

(a)omit paragraph (a);

(b)in paragraph (b), for “any other” substitute “ a ”.