# Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Section 218: Exercise of enforcement powers

Extent: E+W

(1) This section applies where the regulator is deciding—
(a) whether to exercise a power under this Chapter,
(b) which power under this Chapter to exercise, or
(c) how to exercise a power under this Chapter.
(2) The regulator shall consider—
(a) the desirability of registered providers being free to choose how to provide services and conduct business;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) the speed with which the failure or other problem needs to be addressed;
(e) whether the failure or other problem is serious or trivial.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/218 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-218
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