A registered social landlord may give the Welsh Ministers an undertaking in respect of any matter concerning housing.

The Welsh Ministers may prescribe a procedure to be followed in giving an undertaking.

The Welsh Ministers must have regard to any undertaking offered or given in exercising a regulatory or enforcement power.

The Welsh Ministers may base a decision about whether to exercise a regulatory or enforcement power wholly or partly on the extent to which an undertaking has been honoured.

In this section, “regulatory or enforcement power” means a power exercisable under any of the following provisions—

• section 35,

• section 37,

• section 38,

• Chapter 4A of this Part,

• paragraphs 4 and 6 to 15H of Part 2 of Schedule 1,

• Part 3A of Schedule 1,

• Part 4 of Schedule 1.

This section does not apply in relation to a registered social landlord's provision of housing in England.