Housing and Regeneration Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN GRAND COMMITTEE
[Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
| Page 6, line 15, leave out paragraph (c) |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Power to extend scope of Part 2 |
| (1) | The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for additional bodies to be included in the definition of English bodies. |
| (2) | In making regulations, the Secretary of State shall aim to ensure that the effect of including additional bodies in the definition of English bodies is to extend the regulation of social housing in England in accordance with this Part to include other providers of social housing; and in particular, the regulations may extend the regulation of social housing to— |
| (a) | a local housing authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (local housing authorities), and |
| (b) | a person controlled by a local housing authority. |
| (3) | In addition to the regulations under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by order provide for consequential changes to this Part which the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient to permit or facilitate the regulation of social housing in England; and in particular, the order may modify or exclude the application of certain provisions of this Part to— |
| (a) | a local housing authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Housing Act 1985, and |
| (b) | a person controlled by a local housing authority. |
| (4) | In making regulations or orders under this section, the Secretary of State shall aim to ensure that the effect is to create a single regulator for social housing in England; and in particular, the Secretary of State shall enable the regulator to regulate local housing authorities and persons controlled by a local housing authority using powers provided under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). |
| (5) | The regulations or order under section 62 shall not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament; and the regulations shall be made by statutory instrument." |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Regulations and orders under section (4>Power to extend scope of Part 2) |
| (1) | Before the Secretary of State makes regulations or an order under section (Power to extend scope of Part 2) he shall consult such authorities or persons as appear to him to be representative of interests affected by his proposals. |
| (2) | If following consultation under subsection (1), the Secretary of State proposes to make regulations or an order under section (Power to extend scope of Part 2) he shall lay before each House of Parliament a document explaining his proposals and, in particular— |
| (a) | setting them out in the form of draft regulations or a draft order, and |
| (b) | giving details of consultation under subsection (1). |
| (3) | Where a document relating to proposals is laid before Parliament under subsection (2), no draft of regulations or an order under section (Power to extend scope of Part 2) to give effect to the proposals (with or without modification) shall be laid before Parliament until after the expiry of the period of sixty days beginning with the day on which the document was laid. |
| (4) | In calculating the period mentioned in subsection (3), no account shall be taken of any time during which— |
| (a) | Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or |
| (b) | either House is adjourned for more than four days. |
| (5) | In preparing regulations or a draft order under section (Power to extend scope of Part 2), the Secretary of State shall consider any representations made during the period mentioned in subsection (3). |
| (6) | A draft order laid before Parliament in accordance with section (Power to extend scope of Part 2) must be accompanied by a statement of the Secretary of State giving details of— |
| (a) | any representations considered in accordance with subsection (5), and |
| (b) | any changes made to the proposals contained in the document laid before Parliament under subsection (2)." |
| Page 31, line 23, leave out "or mainly" |
| Page 31, leave out lines 24 and 25 |
| Page 39, line 1, leave out "3 nor more than 10" and insert "5 nor more than 15" |
| Page 39, line 8, leave out subsection (4) |
| Page 39, line 18, at end insert "once" |
| Page 39, line 34, leave out "has misbehaved or" |
| Page 39, line 34, leave out "other" |
| Page 41, line 2, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Objective 11 is to encourage housing associations to use their capital development programmes as a mechanism for encouraging social innovation." |
| Page 44, line 12, at end insert "subject to regulations made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c.36)" |
| Page 124, line 33, after "to" insert— |
| Page 124, line 34, at end insert— |
| "(b) | an authority that can demonstrate that the disposal was part of its manifesto at the previous local election, or |
| (c) | an authority that can demonstrate that it has tested the opinion of local residents on the disposal by other means." |
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