Commentary on provisions of Act Monitoring and enforcement Section 29: Inspection plan
Section 29 adds Section 201A to the HRA 2008, requiring the regulator to make, and take appropriate steps to implement, a plan for carrying out inspections. The introduction of regular consumer inspections was proposed in the Social Housing White Paper.
	Subsection 201A(1) requires the plan to include the types of registered providers that should be subject to regular inspections, the frequency of regular inspections and the circumstances in which registered provider should be subject to ad-hoc inspections. Subsection 201A(2) allows the plan to make different provision for different cases, circumstances or areas.
	Subsection 201A(3) requires the regulator to take appropriate steps to implement the inspections plan.
	Subsection 201A(4) requires the regulator to keep the plan under review, revise or replace the plan where appropriate, and publish the plan and any revised or replacement plan.
	Section 29 also adds Subsection 215(1A), which provides that the regulator’s plan for inspections must be taken into account when considering whether the regulator has complied with its duty under section 215(1) to publish guidance about its use of its intervention powers.