Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019

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Application for registration

27. (1) A person who meets the eligibility criteria and seeks to register as an AHB shall make an application for registration to the Regulator.

(2) An application under subsection (1) shall—

(a) be in writing,

(b) be in a form and manner specified by the Regulator,

(c) state the name of the applicant,

(d) specify the principal place of business in the State of the applicant, and

(e) include all of the following information:

(i) where the applicant is a company, the names of the directors of the company and the address at which each director normally resides;

(ii) where the applicant is a registered society, the names of the members of the committee of management or other directing body of the society and the address at which each member normally resides;

(iii) where the applicant is a friendly society within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2018, the names of the members of the committee of management of the society and the address at which each such member normally resides;

(iv) where the applicant is a charitable trust, the names of the trustees of the trust and the address at which each trustee normally resides;

(v) in relation to each of the directors, members and trustees referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iv), as the case may be, details of his or her qualifications and experience relevant to the primary object or primary objects of the applicant specified in section 25 (2)(b)(i);

(vi) a current tax clearance certificate;

(vii) details of the kinds of activities carried on or intended to be carried on by the applicant in furtherance of its primary object or primary objects specified in section 25 (2)(b)(i);

(viii) copies of—

(I) all audited accounts of the applicant together with the auditor’s report on the accounts in respect of the financial year of the applicant immediately preceding the making of the application, or

(II) where the applicant was established or formed after the commencement of the period of 12 months immediately preceding the making of the application, all accounts of the applicant in respect of the period since its establishment or formation;

(ix) in a case where the applicant is, on the date of the application, providing or managing dwellings for the purpose specified in section 25 (2)(b)(i), details of—

(I) the number of dwellings so provided or managed, or both, as the case may be,

(II) the number of such dwellings which are—

(A) owned by the applicant, or

(B) leased by the applicant,

(III) in the case where dwellings are leased by the applicant, the duration of the term of each lease, and

(IV) such other matters in respect of the provision or management, or both, of such dwellings as the Regulator reasonably requires to enable it to perform its functions;

(x) a copy of the constitution of the applicant;

(xi) any other information which the Regulator reasonably requires to enable it to perform its functions.

(3) In this section “tax clearance certificate” means a tax clearance certificate issued to the applicant in accordance with section 1095 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 .