{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-148",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-148.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/148",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "148",
  "heading": "Effect of moratorium",
  "text": "(1) During a moratorium neither the HCA , nor the Greater London Authority, may—\n(a) ... give the registered provider a direction under section 32(4), or\n(b) ... take steps to enforce such a direction against the registered provider.\n(2) During a moratorium a disposal of the registered provider's land requires the regulator's prior consent.\n(3) Section 149 sets out exceptions to subsection (2).\n(4) Consent—\n(a) may be given before the moratorium begins, and\n(b) may be subject to conditions.\n(5) This section does not prevent a liquidator from disclaiming land as onerous property during a moratorium.\n(6) In this section “land” includes a present or future interest in rent or other receipts arising from land.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 148(1) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 52(a); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 148(1) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 52(b); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 148(1)(a) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 52(c), Sch. 25 Pt. 31; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i)(j) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 148(1) substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 52(d); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 148(1)(b) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 52(c), Sch. 25 Pt. 31; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i)(j) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 148 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/148",
    "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."
}