PART 2

REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 4

ENFORCEMENT

General

Exercise of enforcement powers
51
After section 50A of the Housing Act 1996 insert—

Exercise of enforcement powers
50B
1
This section applies where the Welsh Ministers are deciding—
a
whether to exercise an enforcement power,
b
which enforcement power to exercise, or
c
how to exercise an enforcement power.
2
The Welsh Ministers must consider—
a
the desirability of registered social landlords being free to choose how to provide services and conduct business;
b
whether the failure or other problem concerned is serious or trivial;
c
whether the failure or other problem is a recurrent or isolated incident;
d
the speed with which the failure or other problem needs to be addressed.
3
In subsection (1), an “enforcement power” means a power exercisable under any of the following provisions—
- this Chapter,
- paragraphs 4, 6 to 8, 14 to 15B, 15D, 15F and 15H of Part 2 of Schedule 1,
- paragraphs 20 to 27 of Part 4 of Schedule 1.
S. 51 in force at 18.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(h)