C1Part 2Regulation of Social Housing
C1Chapter 2The Social Housing Regulator
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I1108Section 107: supplemental
1
A requirement F3under section 107(1) does not require a person to disclose anything which the person would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of legal professional privilege in proceedings in the High Court.
F42
A requirement under section 107(1) does not require a banker to breach a duty of confidentiality owed to a person who is not—
a
a registered provider,
b
a subsidiary of a registered provider,
c
an associate of a registered provider, or
d
a person who is certified in writing by the regulator as being—
i
a person who has applied to be entered in the register of providers of social housing, or
ii
a local authority which the regulator thinks may be, or may become, a provider of social housing.
3
A person guilty of an offence under section 107(5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine F1....
4
A person guilty of an offence under section 107(6) F5or (6A) is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine F2...;
b
on conviction on indictment, to—
i
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years,
ii
a fine, or
iii
both.
5
Proceedings for an offence under section 107(5) F6, (6) or (6A) may be brought only by or with the consent of—
a
the regulator, or
b
the Director of Public Prosecutions.
6
An order under section 107(7) may include provision about costs.
Pt. 2 modified (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 16 para. 69(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 911141517)