Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17)

Part 2 E+W Regulation of Social Housing

Chapter 7 E+W Enforcement powers

General E+W

218 Exercise of enforcement powers E+W

(1) This section applies where the regulator is deciding—

(a) whether to exercise a power under this Chapter,

(b) which power under this Chapter to exercise, or

(c) how to exercise a power under this Chapter.

(2) The regulator shall consider—

(a) the desirability of registered providers 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.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 218 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)