Part 3: Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act Section 22A: "Regulated person" and "regulated group"
This section defines "regulated person" and "regulated group" for the purposes of Part 2 of RESA. Under section 23A, the Secretary of State may nominate a primary authority in relation to a regulated person or a regulated group.
	At present, section 22 of RESA (Scope of Part 2) means that the Secretary of State may only nominate a primary authority where a person carries out a regulated activity in the area of two or more local authorities with the same regulatory function, or where a person shares an approach to regulatory compliance with another person who carries out an activity in another local authority area.
	Subsection (1) of section 22A provides that a ‘regulated person’ is a person who carries on, or proposes to carry on, an activity where a qualifying regulator has a ‘relevant function’. This means that a person regulated by only one qualifying regulator will be able to benefit from the Primary Authority scheme. It also means that a person who has not yet started to carry out an activity will be able to obtain advice and guidance through the Primary Authority scheme.
	Section 22A also defines "regulated group". A group of persons is a regulated group where a member of the group carries on, or proposes to carry on an activity that is regulated by a qualifying regulator.