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Regulatory Reform, England
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006(1).
The Secretary of State considers that the conditions in section 3(2) of that Act are satisfied.
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 13(1)(a), (b) and (e) of that Act, and has laid a draft Order and an explanatory document before Parliament in accordance with section 14 of that Act.
Pursuant to section 15 of that Act, the affirmative resolution procedure (within the meaning given by section 17 of that Act) applies in relation to the making of this Order.
In accordance with section 17(2) of that Act, the draft has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in that provision(2).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Legislative Reform (Regulator of Social Housing) (England) Order 2018.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the date on which it was made.
“the HCA” means the Homes and Communities Agency,
“Regulation Committee” means the Regulation Committee of the HCA, established under section 92B of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008(3), and
“the Regulator” means the Regulator of Social Housing, established by paragraph 14 of the Schedule to this Order.
Transfer of functions from the HCA to the Regulator of Social Housing
2.—(1) The Schedule to this Order has effect.
(a)abolish the Regulation Committee of the HCA;
(b)create the Regulator of Social Housing; and
(c)transfer the functions of the Regulation Committee to the Regulator,
Part 3 contains provision transferring property, rights and liabilities of the HCA (acting through the Regulation Committee) to the Regulator, and
Part 4 contains transitional and savings provisions.
2. In section 2(4) (the HCA: objects), omit subsection (1A).
3. In section 4(6)(5) (powers of the HCA: general), omit paragraph (aa) (but not the final “and”).
5. In section 31(6) (duties in relation to social housing)—
6. In section 32(7) (recovery etc of social housing assistance) after subsection (10), insert—
7. In section 34(8) (determinations under sections 32 and 33)—
9. In section 42(9) (agency arrangements with UDCs)—
10. In section 46(10) (guidance by the Secretary of State), omit subsection (8).
11. In section 47(11) (directions by the Secretary of State), omit subsection (7).
12. In the Table in section 58(12) (Part 1: index of defined expressions) omit the entry for “Regulator of Social Housing”.
13. In section 60(4)(13) (structural overview of Part 2), in the entry in relation to Chapter 2 in the Table—
17. In section 94(14) (studies), omit subsection (3).
18. Before section 100(15) insert—
(b)the regulator has received notice in respect of the registered provider under section 145(16), or
(c)the regulator has appointed an officer of the registered provider under section 269(17) (and the person appointed has not vacated office).
21. In section 112(4)(18) (duty to consult before setting criteria for voluntary registration), before paragraph (aa) insert—
22. In section 117(19) (the regulator: fees)—
23. In section 146(20) (duration of moratorium), after subsection (7), insert—
24. In section 147(21) (further moratorium) in subsection (4), before paragraph (a) insert—
25. In section 196(22) (consultation on standards and codes of practice) after subsection (1), insert—
26. In section 197(23) (direction by Secretary of State), in subsection (4), before paragraph (a), insert—
27. In section 202(24) (inspections: supplemental)—
28. In section 216(25) (consultation on use of intervention powers), at the end, insert—
29. In section 222(26) (notifying HCA etc), before paragraph (aa), insert—
30. In section 230(27) (penalty notices: warning), in subsection (2), before paragraph (aa), insert—
31. After section 231(28) insert—
32. In section 242(29) (compensation notices: warning), in subsection (3), before paragraph (aa) insert—
33. In section 248(30) (management tender: supplemental)—
34. In section 250(31) (management transfer: supplemental)—
35. In section 252(32) (appointment of manager: supplemental)—
36. In the Table in section 276(33) (index of defined terms)—
37. In Schedule 1(34) (the Homes and Communities Agency)—
38. In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958(35) (definition of public records), in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, at the appropriate place insert—
39. In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(36) (departments etc subject to investigation) at the appropriate place insert—
40. In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975(37) (bodies of which all members are disqualified) at the appropriate place insert—
41. In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000(38) (public authorities) at the appropriate place insert—
42. In Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act 2010(39) (public authorities) under “Regulators”, after “The Pensions Regulator” insert—
43. In the Schedule to the Official Statistics Order 2013(40) at the appropriate place insert—
44. In Schedule 2 to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017(41) under “Regulators”, after “The Pensions Regulator” insert—
(2) Where the transfer of rights and liabilities includes rights and liabilities under a contract of employment, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006(42) apply to the transfer whether or not it is a relevant transfer for the purposes of those Regulations.
This Order establishes the Regulator of Social Housing (“the Regulator”), and transfers the functions of regulating the social housing sector from the Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency (“the HCA”) to the Regulator.
2006 c. 51.
The expression “40-day period” is defined in section 16(7)(b) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
Section 92B was inserted by paragraph 26 of Schedule 16 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).