Structure of the Act Part 2 – Regulation of Social Housing Suspension and removal of officers Section 266 – Removal of officers
779.The section gives the regulator the power to remove an officer of a non-profit registered regulator in seven specified Cases. These are:
	the officer has been adjudged to be bankrupt,
	the officer has made an arrangement with creditors,
	the officer has been subject to a disqualification order or a disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (or the equivalent statutory provision for Northern Ireland),
	the officer has been subject to an order under section 429(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (which occurs where a person fails to make a payment under a county court administration order under the County Courts Act 1984),
	the officer is disqualified under section 72 of the Charities Act 1993 from being a charity trustee (whether this is in relation to their position as an officer of the registered provider that is a charity or as an officer of a different charity),
	the officer is incapable of acting by reason of mental disorder,
	the officer is impeding the proper management of the registered provider by reason of absence or failure to act.