The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010

Outstanding steps in relation to compulsory removal from the register

7.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—

(a)the TSA has given notice to an English registered social landlord before the commencement date under section 4(2) of the 1996 Act that the TSA intends to remove it from the register,

(b)the period of 14 days mentioned in section 4(2) of that Act has ended before the commencement date, but

(c)the TSA has neither removed the English registered social landlord from the register before that date nor decided before that date not to remove it from the register.

(2) The TSA may, on or after the commencement date, exercise the power under section 118(1) of the 2008 Act (de-registration: compulsory) to remove the person from the register.

(3) For this purpose, the TSA is to be treated as having met the requirements of section 118(2) of the 2008 Act.

(4) Sub-paragraph (5) applies if—

(a)the TSA has given notice to an English registered social landlord before the commencement date under section 4(2) of the 1996 Act that the TSA intends to remove it from the register, and

(b)the period of 14 days mentioned in section 4(2) of that Act has not ended before the commencement date.

(5) The notice is to be treated, on and after the commencement date, as a notice under section 118(2) of the 2008 Act.

(6) Accordingly, the relevant days before the commencement date are to be counted for the purposes of the notice period.