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Housing and Regeneration Bill

moved Amendment No. 112ZB: 112ZB: Clause 276, page 114, leave out lines 31 to 33 and insert— ““Schedule (Amendment of enactments: Part 2) (which contains amendments of enactments) has effect.”” The noble Baroness said: These are consequential amendments to other legislation. I do not intend to speak to them in detail, but I shall outline their main effects. They fall into three groups. The first group ensures that the regulator is included in various legislation, including the Public Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act and the Race Relations Act, applying to all NDPBs. The second group makes consequential amendments to housing legislation, particularly the Housing Associations Act 1985, to update references to the Housing Corporation in relation to the regulator. Those amendments make no policy changes, but simply ensure that existing systems and processes continue to function properly under the new regime. The third group makes consequential amendments to the Audit Commission Act 1998 to reflect the new role of the regulator in commissioning and specifying inspections of registered providers. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 276, as amended, agreed to. Clause 277 agreed to.