Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. New Homes Ombudsman scheme Section 145: New build home warranties: financial penalties Effect
This section enables the Secretary of State to set out in regulations i) the level of financial penalties that could be issued to developers selling new build homes without a compliant warranty in breach of section 144, including provision for interest or additional penalties for late payment and ii) the process for considering and issuing such penalties and the right to appeal.