{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-141",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-141.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/141",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "141",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A private registered provider commits an offence if it fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with—\n(a) a direction under section 127,\n(b) a provision listed in subsection (2), or\n(c) a requirement imposed under a provision listed in subsection (3).\n(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1)(b) are—\n(a) section 128;\n(b) section 129;\n(c) section 135;\n(d) section 136.\n(3) The provisions referred to in subsection (1)(c) are—\n(a) section 133;\n(b) section 134;\n(c) section 139.\n(4) If a private registered provider fails to comply with a direction, provision or requirement mentioned in subsection (1) every officer of the private registered provider is guilty of an offence.\n(5) It is a defence for an officer to show that the officer did everything that could reasonably have been expected to ensure compliance by the private registered provider.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine ....\n(7) Proceedings for an offence may be brought only by or with the consent of—\n(a) the regulator, or\n(b) the Director of Public Prosecutions.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 141 substituted (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. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 141(6) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 1 para. 17; S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(iv)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 141 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/141",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:57.313988+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."
}