Part 3: Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act Section 22B: "Qualifying regulators"
This section defines "qualifying regulator" for the purposes of Part 2 of RESA. A qualifying regulator is one that the Secretary of State may nominate to act as a primary authority under section 23A.
	Subsection (1)(a) provides that a local authority may be a qualifying regulator and subsections (2) and (3) define "local authority". The local authorities that may be qualifying regulators are the same as those who may be primary authorities under the current provisions of RESA, as subsections (2) and (3) re-enact section 23 of RESA ("local authority").
	Subsections (1)(b) and (4) enable the Secretary of State to specify by regulations a regulator other than a local authority that may be a "qualifying regulator" for the purposes of Part 2 of RESA. The Welsh Ministers must consent to the inclusion of a regulator whose functions relate only to Welsh devolved matters.