{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-231",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-231.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/231",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "231",
  "heading": "Representations",
  "text": "(1) A pre-penalty warning must specify a period during which the registered provider may make representations to the regulator.\n(2) The period must—\n(a) be a period of at least 28 days, and\n(b) begin with the date on which the registered provider receives the pre-penalty warning.\n(3) Representations may concern—\n(a) whether a penalty should be imposed;\n(b) the amount of any penalty that may be imposed.\n(4) After the end of the period specified under subsection (1) the regulator shall—\n(a) consider any representations made, and\n(b) decide whether to impose a penalty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 231 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/231",
    "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."
}