C1Part 2Regulation of Social Housing
Chapter 7Enforcement powers
Restrictions on dealings F1by F3... registered providers
Words in cross-heading before s. 256 inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 72
Word in s. 256 cross-heading omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/399), reg. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 1(8); S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(y)
I1258Restrictions on dealings: supplemental
1
Before making an order under section 256 or 257 the regulator must take all reasonable steps to give notice to—
a
the registered provider, and
b
in the case of an order under section 256(4) or 257(2), the person to whom the order is directed.
2
Contravention of an order under section 256(4) or 257(2) is an offence.
3
A person guilty of an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine F2....
4
Proceedings for an offence may be brought only by or with the consent of—
a
the regulator, or
b
the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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)