{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-23B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-23B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/13",
  "legislation_title": "Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/23B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23B",
  "heading": "Nomination of primary authorities",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may only nominate a qualifying regulator as a direct primary authority if the regulator and the regulated person have agreed in writing to the nomination.\n(2) The Secretary of State may only nominate a qualifying regulator as a co-ordinated primary authority if—\n(a) there is a co-ordinator of the regulated group, and\n(b) the regulator and the co-ordinator have agreed in writing to the nomination.\n(3) The Secretary of State may at any time revoke a nomination under section 23A(1).\n(4) The Secretary of State must—\n(a) maintain, or cause to be maintained, a register of nominations under section 23A(1), and\n(b) make the register available for inspection free of charge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 substituted (4.5.2016 for specified purposes, 1.10.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), ss. 20(1), 44(1)(c); S.I. 2017/473, reg. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/23B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:57.307426+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."
}