Part 2Regulation of Social Housing
Chapter 7Enforcement powers
General
218Exercise of enforcement powers
(1)
This section applies where the regulator is deciding—
(a)
whether to exercise a power under this Chapter,
(b)
which power under this Chapter to exercise, or
(c)
how to exercise a power under this Chapter.
(2)
The regulator shall consider—
(a)
the desirability of registered providers being free to choose how to provide services and conduct business;
(b)
whether the failure or other problem concerned is serious or trivial;
(c)
whether the failure or other problem is a recurrent or isolated incident;
(d)
the speed with which the failure or other problem needs to be addressed.