Consultation outcome

Annex 9 - Statutory consultees (accessible version)

Updated 21 September 2022

Applies to England

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1 - Section 196 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (the Act) requires that before setting standards the regulator shall consult with specified parties, or ensure that they have been consulted, as set out in that section. These include the Charity Commission if the Standard would apply to charities. We have set out below the parties specified in section 196 of the Act:

  • One or more bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of registered providers

  • One or more bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of secured creditors of registered providers

  • Any body for the time being nominated under section 278A of the Act

  • One or more other bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of tenants of social housing

  • One or more bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of local housing authorities

  • The Greater London Authority

  • The Secretary of State (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

  • The Homes and Communities Agency [footnote 1]

  • The Charity Commission (where the standard would apply to charities)

2 - Section 216 of the Act requires that the regulator must consult the parties specified in that section before giving guidance under section 215 of the Act. We have set out below the parties specified in section 216 of the Act:

  • The Secretary of State (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

  • One or more bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of registered providers

  • Any body for the time being nominated under section 278A of the Act

  • One or more other bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of tenants

  • The Greater London Authority

  • One or more bodies appearing to the regulator to represent the interests of local housing authorities

  • The Homes and Communities Agency [footnote 1]

  1. The Homes and Communities Agency trades as ‘Homes England’. ↩ ↩2

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