PART 2REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 3REGULATION

Inspection

I145Inspection: supplemental

After paragraph 19C of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1996 insert—

19DInspection: supplemental

1

The person carrying out the inspection must produce a written report.

2

The Welsh Ministers—

a

must give the registered social landlord a copy of the report, and

b

may publish the report and related information.

3

If the Welsh Ministers have arranged for a person to carry out the inspection, that person may publish the report and related information (whether or not the Welsh Ministers have done so).

4

If a registered social landlord is inspected, the Welsh Ministers may charge a fee.

5

A registered social landlord must pay any fee charged to—

a

the person with whom the Welsh Ministers have made an arrangement to carry out an inspection (if any), or

b

the Welsh Ministers.

6

The Welsh Ministers may direct a registered social landlord to pay the fee to one of those persons.

7

If a fee is paid to a person other than the Welsh Ministers, that person must notify the Welsh Ministers about the payment.