Commentary on provisions of Act Monitoring and enforcement Schedule 3: Regulatory and enforcement powers Penalties
Schedule 3, paragraphs 4 and 5 amend sections 226 and 227 of the HRA 2008 to allow the regulator to issue fines to all registered providers, including local authority providers. This aligns the regulator’s enforcement powers for local authority providers with those it has in relation to private registered providers.
	Paragraph 6 amends section 229 of the HRA 2008 to remove the cap on the level of penalty the regulator is able to impose on registered providers as committed to in the Social Housing White Paper. This gives the regulator flexibility to determine the appropriate level of penalty depending on the circumstances.