PART 2

REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 4

ENFORCEMENT

Compensation

Warning
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After section 50R of the Housing Act 1996 insert—

Warning
50S
1
Before giving a compensation notice to a registered social landlord the Welsh Ministers must give the landlord a notice (a “pre-compensation warning”)—
a
specifying grounds on which the Welsh Ministers think compensation could be awarded,
b
warning the landlord that the Welsh Ministers are considering awarding compensation to a specified person,
c
including any indication that the Welsh Ministers are able to give of the likely amount of any compensation, and
d
explaining the effect of sections 50T, 50U(1) and (3) and 50V.
2
Before giving a pre-compensation warning the Welsh Ministers must consult the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
3
The Welsh Ministers must send a copy of a pre-compensation warning to any person they think appropriate (having regard, in particular, to any person who provided information as a result of which the pre-compensation warning is given).
4
A pre-compensation warning must—
a
refer to section 6A, and
b
indicate whether or to what extent the Welsh Ministers would accept a voluntary undertaking instead of, or in mitigation of, awarding compensation.
5
A pre-compensation warning may be combined with notice under one or more of the following—
a
section 50K,
b
paragraphs 15C, 15E and 15G of Schedule 1.