Structure of the Act Part 2 – Regulation of Social Housing Insolvency etc. Section 156 - Manager:  powers
438.This section broadly replicates the effect of section 47 of the 1996 Act.
439.Subsection (1) expresses the manager’s general powers as follows:
	the manager may do anything necessary for the purpose of the appointment,
	the manager acts as the registered provider’s agent, and is not personally liable on a contract, and
	the manager has ostensible authority to act for the registered provider with the effect that a person dealing with the manager in good faith and for value does not need to further inquire into the manager’s powers.
440.Subsection (2) sets out a list of the specific powers that the terms of a manager’s appointment may confer as follows:
441.Subsection (3) requires the manager to consult and inform the registered provider’s tenants as far as it is reasonably practicable to do so about any exercise of power that is likely to affect them.