Part 3: Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act Section 28A: Support of primary authority by other regulators
This section provides for certain "supporting regulators" with "designated functions" to do anything that they consider appropriate to support a primary authority in the preparation of advice and guidance under section 24A or an inspection plan under section 26A (subsection (2)).
	Under subsection (1) a "supporting regulator" is defined as a person who has regulatory functions and who is specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. The consent of the Welsh Ministers is required to specify a "supporting regulator" whose functions relate only to devolved Welsh matters (subsection (9)).
	The Secretary of State specifies in regulations the "designated functions" exercised by the supporting regulator. A designated function must be a regulatory function exercised by that regulator (subsection (10)). When exercising a designated function, a supporting regulator who has provided support under section 28A must act consistently with any advice, guidance or plan that is subsequently given by the primary authority under section 24A or 26A and to which the supporting regulator has consented (subsection (3)).
	The designated functions may not include regulatory functions exercisable in Scotland, unless those functions are reserved matters and may not include regulatory functions in Northern Ireland that are transferred matters. The consent of the Welsh Ministers is required to include a regulatory function, so far as is exercisable in Wales, which relates to a devolved Welsh matter (subsection (11)).
	Where the regulated person or co-ordinator has agreed to the support being given to the primary authority by the supporting regulator, subsection (6) gives the regulator the power to charge the regulated person or co-ordinator of the regulated group fees for the work it has done on a costs recovery basis.