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13AEntering into concurrent leases
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#### 13A Entering into concurrent leases
13A Entering into concurrent leases
> > (1) The Corporation may enter into a concurrent lease with a registered community housing provider in respect of any housing owned by the Corporation (whether or not the housing is leased to a tenant at the time that the concurrent lease is entered).
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> > (2) On entering into a concurrent lease under this section—
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> > > (a) any rent payable by a tenant (other than rent in arrears that was payable before the concurrent lease was entered into) becomes payable to the registered community housing provider and not to the Corporation and any provision of the concurrent lease, to the extent that it provides otherwise (whether directly or constructively), does not have effect, and
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> > > (b) the tenant is no longer renting public housing.
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> > (3) On entering into a concurrent lease under this section in respect of housing, the Corporation may provide to the registered community housing provider any information in relation to the housing (including personal or health information about a tenant or any other person).
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> > (4) The Corporation is not to provide personal or health information to a registered community housing provider under this section unless the Corporation is satisfied that the registered community housing provider has procedures in place to ensure the privacy of the information.
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> > (5) Nothing in this section limits any other power the Corporation may have to enter into a lease or a concurrent lease (including entering into a concurrent lease with a registered community housing provider).
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> > (6) For the avoidance of doubt, the consent of a tenant is not required in order for the Corporation to enter into a concurrent lease or to provide information under this section.
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> **s 13A:** Ins 2016 No 53 Sch 1 \[4\].