Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023

29 Inspection plan

(1) The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 is amended as follows.

(2) After section 201 (inspections) insert—

“201A Inspection plan

(1) The regulator must make a plan as regards—

(a) the descriptions of registered provider that should be subject to regular inspection under section 201,

(b) the intervals at which regular inspections should be carried out under that section, and

(c) the circumstances in which registered providers should be subject to inspections under that section other than regular inspections.

(2) The plan may make different provision for different cases, circumstances or areas.

(3) The regulator must take appropriate steps to implement the plan.

(4) The regulator must—

(a) keep the plan under review,

(b) when appropriate, revise or replace the plan, and

(c) publish the plan and any revised or replacement plan.”

(3) In section 215 (use of intervention powers), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) In determining whether the regulator has complied with subsection (1) in relation to its power to arrange for inspections under section 201(1), a plan published under section 201A may be taken into account.”