Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023

4 Power to charge fees

(1) Section 117 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (fees) is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (6).

(2) In subsection (1)(a), after “fee” insert “for dealing with an application”.

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) The regulator may make dealing with an application for initial registration conditional upon the payment of the fee.”

(4) In subsection (2) omit “initial or”.

(5) After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) The amount of a fee payable under this section may be calculated by reference to costs incurred, or likely to be incurred, by the regulator in the performance of any of its functions, including costs unconnected with the fee-payer and costs unconnected with registration or regulation under this Part.”

(6) In subsection (5)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “expenditure on” substitute “the costs incurred in”;

(b) omit paragraph (b) (but not the “and” following it);

(c) in paragraph (c), for “to which it relates” substitute “incurred, or likely to be incurred, in the performance of the regulator’s functions”.

(7) In section 202 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (inspections: supplemental) omit subsections (4) to (7).