{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-206",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-206.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/206",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "206",
  "heading": "Inquiry",
  "text": "(1) The regulator may hold an inquiry into the affairs of a registered provider if the regulator suspects that—\n(a) the affairs of the registered provider may have been mismanaged,\n(b) the registered provider has failed to meet a standard under section 193, 194 or 194C, or\n(c) there is a risk that, if no action is taken by the regulator or the registered provider, the registered provider will fail to meet a standard under section 193, 194 or 194C.\n(2) The regulator shall appoint one or more individuals to conduct the inquiry.\n(3) An individual is eligible for appointment only if the individual is independent of the regulator.\n(4) Individuals are independent of the regulator if they and the members of their family—\n(a) are not members or employees of the regulator, and\n(b) have not been members or employees of the regulator within the previous five years.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 206(1) substituted (1.4.2024) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 3 para. 3(a); S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(y)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 206(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2024) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 3 para. 3(b); S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(y)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 206(5) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 3 para. 3(c); S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(y)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 206 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/206",
    "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."
}