20(1)The [F1Relevant Authority] may direct an inquiry into the affairs of a registered social landlord if it appears to the [F1Relevant Authority] that there may have been misconduct or mismanagement.E+W
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(2)Any such inquiry shall be conducted by one or more persons appointed by the [F1Relevant Authority].
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(4)If the [F1Relevant Authority] so directs, or if during the course of the inquiry the person or persons conducting the inquiry consider it necessary, the inquiry shall extend to the affairs of any other body which at any material time is or was a subsidiary or associate of the registered social landlord.
[F4(4A)The person or persons conducting the inquiry may determine the procedure to be followed in connection with the inquiry.]
(5)The person or persons conducting the inquiry may, if they think fit during the course of the inquiry, make one or more interim reports on such matters as appear to them to be appropriate.
(6)On completion of the inquiry the person or persons conducting the inquiry shall make a final report on such matters as the [F1Relevant Authority] may specify.
(7)An interim or final report shall be in such form as the [F1Relevant Authority] may specify. [F5 , and the Relevant Authority may arrange for the whole or part of an interim or final report to be published in such manner as it considers appropriate. ]
[F6(8)A local authority may, if they think fit, contribute to the expenses of the Relevant Authority in connection with any inquiry under this paragraph.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. I substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art.5.
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 20(1) omitted (18.10.2011) by virtue of Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 18; S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(v)
F3Sch. 1 para. 20(3) repealed (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 106(7), Sch. 4 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F4Sch. 1 para. 20(4A) inserted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 24(2)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 20(7) added (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 24(3)
F6Sch. 1 para. 20(8) inserted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 24(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 para. 20(3) modified (1.12.2008) by The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2839), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. para. 5 (with art. 6)