Structure of the Act Part 2 – Regulation of Social Housing Restructuring and dissolution Section 161 - Company:  conversion into industrial and provident society
466.Subsection (1) specifies that the effect of this section is restricted to non-profit registered providers that are registered companies.
467.Subsection (2) specifies that where there is a resolution to convert a company into an industrial and provident society under section 53 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, the registrar of companies may only register that resolution if the regulator has consented in writing to the resolution and a copy of that consent accompanies the resolution sent to the registrar of companies. This broadly replicates the effect of paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act.
468.Subsection (3) requires that where an industrial and provident society is created by such a resolution, the regulator must register the body created and designate it as a non-profit organisation on the register.
469.Subsection (4) further provides that the effects of subsection (3) will be immediate for the purposes of the regulator’s functions and powers, pending the completion of the registration process by the regulator. This broadly replicates the effect of paragraph 13(8) of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act.