TSEM5745 - Trusts for particular purposes: flat management companies - 'exempt landlords' - S58 LTA 1987

Section 58(1), (1ZA) and (1B) are reproduced below. They define 鈥榚xempt landlords鈥� for the purposes of the LTA 1987.

1. In this Act 鈥榚xempt landlord鈥� means a landlord who is one of the following bodies, namely-

a. a district, county, county borough or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority the Council of the Isles of Scilly, a police and crime commissioner, The Mayor鈥檚 Office for Policing and Crime or a joint local authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 or a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act

b. a development corporation established by an order made (or having effect as if made) under the New Towns Act 1981;

ba. a Mayoral development corporation;

c. an urban development corporation within the meaning of Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

ca. a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988;

dd. the Broads Authority;

de. a National Park Authority;

df. the Homes and Communities Agency;

dg. the Greater London Authority so far as exercising its housing or regeneration functions or its new towns and its urban development functions;

e. the Regulator of Social Housing;

f. a housing trust (as defined in Section 6 of the Housing Act 1985) which is a charity;

g. a non-profit private registered provider of Social Housing;

ga. a registered social landlord;

gb. a fully mutual housing association which is neither a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord; or

h. an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (joint arrangements for waste disposal functions).

(1ZA) In this Act .鈥渆xempt landlord鈥�, in relation to social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), includes a landlord which is a profit-making private registered provider of social housing.

(1A) In subsection (1)(ga) 鈥渞egistered social landlord鈥� has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act).

(1B) In subsection (1)(gb) 鈥渇ully mutual housing association鈥� has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 (see section 1(1) and (2) of that Act).