Structure of the Act Part 1 - the Homes and Communities Agency Certain supervisory powers of the Secretary of State Section 47 - Directions by the Secretary of State
90.This section gives the Secretary of State power to give general or specific directions to the HCA as to how it should carry out its functions. It requires that those directions must be published as soon as practicable. If the Secretary of State revokes those directions, that fact must also be published. Publication of the making or revocation of directions does not apply to directions given in connection with the HCA’s own, or its committees’, procedure.
91.The HCA is required to comply with the Secretary of State’s directions.