{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-33",
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  "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/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Guidance from the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may give guidance to any one or more local authorities about the operation of this Part.\n(2) The guidance may include, in particular, guidance to local authorities about—\n(a) arrangements under section 27(2);\n(b) notification of inspection plans under section 30(6);\n(c) the charging of fees under section 31.\n(3) A local authority must have regard to any guidance given to it under this section.\n(4) Before giving guidance under this section the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(5) The Secretary of State may not give guidance under subsection (2)(c)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) without having consulted the Welsh Ministers.\n(6) The Secretary of State must publish (in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate) any guidance given ... under this section.\n(7) The Secretary of State may at any time vary or revoke any guidance given under this section by further guidance under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(a) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(4) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(b) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(5) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(a) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 33(5)(a) repealed (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(x) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(6) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(a) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(6) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(c) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(6) repealed (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(y) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(7) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(a) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 33 heading substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), art. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 14(d) (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/33",
    "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."
}