Part 4: Social Housing in England Chapter 4: Reducing Regulation of Social Housing Etc Part 2 - Restructuring and dissolution: removal of consent requirements etc.
Part 2 of Schedule 4 sets out the removal of the Regulator of Social Housing's constitutional consents regime.
	Under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, registered providers are required to gain permission from the Regulator for constitutional changes, restructuring and dissolution. Such changes include mergers, changes to some provisions of the constitution, restructuring of the organisation and winding up.
	Paragraphs 22 to 29 remove the requirement for private registered providers to gain permission from the social housing regulator for changes to companies, conversion to a registered society, for a registered society to restructure or for dissolution. How an individual private registered provider is constituted will determine which of these provisions apply to them.
	Although the constitutional consents regime has been removed the Regulator does need to keep the register of social housing providers up to date, therefore it has to be notified if:
a registered society changes its rules;
a charity changes its objects; or
a company changes its articles.
	Paragraph 29 sets out a power in new section 169D of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 that the Regulator may give directions about the timescale and content of the notification. It also enables the Regulator to dispense with the requirement for notification.
	In some cases the Financial Conduct Authority or Companies House may not register the change until it is satisfied that the Regulator has been notified.
	Where the restructure creates a new body, the Regulator must decide whether this new body meets its requirements for registration. If it does, the Regulator must register it and designate it as non-profit.