Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

118 De-registration: compulsory E+W

(1) The regulator may remove from the register a [F1 private registered provider] which the regulator thinks—

(a) is no longer eligible for registration,

(b) has ceased to carry out activities, or

(c) has ceased to exist.

(2) Before removing a body under subsection (1)(a) or (b) the regulator must—

(a) take all reasonable steps to give the body at least 14 days' notice, and

(b) consider any representations it makes in that period.

(3) After removing a body under subsection (1)(a) or (b) the regulator must take all reasonable steps to notify the body.

[F2 (4) The regulator shall remove a local authority from the register if the regulator becomes aware that the authority—

(a) is no longer a provider of social housing, or

(b) no longer intends to become a provider of social housing (in the case of an authority which intended to become one but did not in fact do so).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 118(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(2)

F2 S. 118(4) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(3)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 118 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)