Part 12: Miscellaneous Section 228: Registration of short-term rental properties Effect
Subsection (1) commits the Secretary of State to make regulations that will establish a registration scheme of specified short-term rental properties in England. The regulations may require or permit registration.
	Subsection (2) sets out the definition of a short-term rental property, which can be added to by specifying further dwellings or premises not captured by subsection (2)(a).
	Subsection (3) requires that the Secretary of State consults the public before making regulations, and this can take place before the section comes into force (subsection (4)).
	Subsection (5) describes the various provisions that may be included in the regulations. These are who administers the register or registers, who is required to register a short-term rental property, the conditions of registration, and the circumstances in which registration may be removed. It also sets out that the provisions may include the detail of how a scheme will be administered, including any appeals process against decisions made about registration, and the format and content of the register, applications to register, and any other document that may be required. Subsection (5) also sets out that the provisions may include details of how the scheme should be publicised, as well as the collection, provision or publication of information connected with the scheme. Finally, it also sets out that the regulations may include any relevant exemptions, the circumstances in which registration or promotion of a property to the public could be prohibited, and how the requirements of the regulations should be enforced.
	Subsections (6) and (7) make provision for enforcement by way of civil sanctions of the type contained in the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008.
	Subsection (8) enables provision for fees or other charges to be included in the regulations, enables any function (including one exercised with discretion), for example in relation to administering the registration scheme, to be placed on any person, and states that the regulations may apply to either all of England or only part of England.
	Subsection (9) defines various terms used within the section.