{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/section-145",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/section-145.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/30",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022",
  "path": "section/145",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "145",
  "heading": "New build home warranties: financial penalties",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the imposition of a financial penalty in cases where the Secretary of State, or a person designated by the Secretary of State, is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person has, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with section 144(2).\n(2) The regulations may include provision—\n(a) about the procedure to be followed in imposing penalties;\n(b) about the amount of penalties;\n(c) for the imposition of interest or additional penalties for late payment;\n(d) conferring rights of appeal against penalties.\n(3) The regulations must provide that the amount of a financial penalty (excluding interest or any additional penalty) may not exceed the greater of—\n(a) 10% of the value of the relevant interest at the time the person granted or disposed of the relevant interest, and\n(b) £10,000.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 145 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 170(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 145 in force at 6.4.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/362, reg. 3(1)(z12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/145",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:43.272944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}