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47Directions by the Secretary of StateE+W
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(1)The Secretary of State may give the HCA general or specific directions as to the exercise of any of its functions.
(2)The Secretary of State must publish any directions given by the Secretary of State under this Part as soon as reasonably practicable after giving them.
(3)The Secretary of State—
(a)may revoke any directions given by the Secretary of State under this Part, and
(b)must publish the fact that the directions have been revoked as soon as reasonably practicable after the revocation.
(4)The HCA must comply with any directions of the Secretary of State in force under this Part.
(5)Subsections (2) and (3)(b) do not apply to directions given under section 22 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 1; and this section does not apply to directions given under Schedule 4.
(6)References in this Part to the Secretary of State giving directions include references to the Secretary of State giving directions by varying existing directions.
[(7)This section does not apply to the functions conferred on the HCA—
(a)as the regulator by virtue of Part 2, or
(b)as the Regulator of Social Housing by virtue of any other enactment or instrument.]
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