Commentary on provisions of Act Monitoring and enforcement Schedule 3: Regulatory and enforcement powers Appointment of officers
Schedule 3, paragraph 18(e) amends section 269(4)(a) of the HRA 2008 to clarify that, the regulator may renew the appointment of an officer it has appointed under that section on any number of occasions, and that the regulator can do so before the term of that officer’s appointment has expired.
	In addition to adding a new ground of failure to meet regulatory standards (mentioned above), paragraph 18(c) amends section 269 to provide that, where a registered provider is a registered charity, registered society, or registered company, if none of its officers are board members, the regulator may appoint new officers. Subsection (d) defines ‘board member’.