Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006

The Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006 (c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Background

It was enacted because it was discovered that the Housing Corporation had been delegating its statutory functions without lawful authority for 40 years. Its purpose was to retroactively legalise this.

Provisions

The act gives the Housing Corporation a power of delegation either to staff or a committee of the board with retrospective effect.

The Housing Corporation is also deemed to have always had this power.

Section 1 - Power of Housing Corporation to delegate functions etc.

Section 1(1) inserted paragraph 6A of schedule 6 to the Housing Associations Act 1985. It was repealed for England and Wales on 1 April 2009.

Sections 1(2) to (4) read:

Section 2

Section 2(1) authorises the citation of this act by a short title and section 2(2) provides its extent.

See also

• Delegatus non potest delegare
• Ex post facto law

References

• "Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006". Current Law Statutes Annotated 2006. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 2006. Volume 1. Chapter 27. pp 27-1 to 27-3.
• Halsbury's Statutes,
• Hansard

External links

• The Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
• Explanatory notes to the Bill for this Act prepared on 15 May 2006.