24.—(1) Further to the determination made under regulation 23(2), the Secretary of State may take such of the following steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate—
(a)issue a warning letter to the agreement holder;
(b)amend, remove or replace a condition subject to which financial assistance is given either temporarily or permanently;
(c)amend, remove or replace any agreed standards or timescales either temporarily or permanently;
(d)permit the agreement holder to rectify the breach;
(e)reduce the amount of financial assistance awarded in whole or in part;
(f)withhold the whole or any part of financial assistance payable under the financial assistance scheme to which the breach relates;
(g)withhold the whole or any part of financial assistance payable under any financial assistance scheme to which the agreement holder is entitled;
(h)recover on demand all or any part of financial assistance which has already been paid to the agreement holder;
(i)terminate the agreement for financial assistance; and
(j)prohibit the agreement holder from receiving financial assistance under any financial assistance scheme under section 1 of the 2020 Act, subject to regulation 29.
(2) The Secretary of State may take more than one step in any particular case.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 24 in force at 26.3.2021, see reg. 1