{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-215",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-215.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/215",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "215",
  "heading": "Use of intervention powers",
  "text": "(1) The regulator shall publish—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) guidance about how it uses and intends to use powers under this Chapter and Chapter 7.\n(1A) In determining whether the regulator has complied with subsection (1) in relation to its power to arrange for inspections under section 201(1), a plan published under section 201A may be taken into account.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The regulator shall have regard to guidance under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 215(1)(a) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 23(a); S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 215(1A) inserted (1.4.2024) by Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), ss. 29(3), 46(3); S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(p)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 215(2) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 23(b); S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 215(2A) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 23(c); S.I. 2024/437, reg. 2(z)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 215(1)(2) in force at 8.9.2008 by S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 215(3) 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/215",
    "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."
}