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108Enforcement of securityU.K.
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(1)This section applies in relation to a private registered provider F1...

(2)A person may not take any step to enforce a security over property of the registered provider unless—

(a)notice of the intention to do so has been given to the Regulator of Social Housing and a period of at least 28 days has elapsed since the notice was given, or

(b)the Regulator of Social Housing has waived the notice requirement in paragraph (a).

[F2(2A)A notice under subsection (2) must—

(a)be given in writing, and

(b)be signed by, or on behalf of, the person intending to enforce the security.

(2B)Subsection (2C) applies if a person gives a notice purporting to be a notice under subsection (2) but which does not meet the requirement of paragraph (b) of subsection (2A).

(2C)The Regulator of Social Housing may, by notice in writing to the person intending to enforce the security, treat the purported notice as notice given under subsection (2)(a) (and a purported notice so treated will be taken as having been given at the time the purported notice was given).]

F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4(3A)In the case of a registered provider that is a charity registered under the Charities Act 2011 which is not a body corporate, the reference to the property of the registered provider is to the property held on the trusts of the charity (and for this purpose “trusts” has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 2011, see section 353 of that Act).]

(4)The Regulator of Social Housing must give the Secretary of State a copy of any notice given under subsection (2)(a).

(5)The Regulator of Social Housing may waive the notice requirement under subsection (2)(a) only with the consent of the Secretary of State.

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