# The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018, Article 6.9: Housing administrator’s duties on vacating office

Extent: E+W

(1) A housing administrator who ceases to be in office as a result of removal, resignation or ceasing to be qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the registered provider must as soon as reasonably practicable deliver to the person succeeding as housing administrator—
(a) the assets (after deduction of any expenses properly incurred and distributions made by the departing housing administrator);
(b) the records of the housing administration, including correspondence, proofs and other documents relating to the housing administration while it was within the responsibility of the departing housing administrator; and
(c) the registered provider’s records.
(2) A housing administrator who fails to comply with this rule is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine, as set out in Schedule 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/719/article/6.9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-6.9
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