New Clause 57
Housing and Regeneration Bill
7:00 pm
Restrictions on dealings: supplemental
‘(1) Before making an order under section (restrictions on dealings during inquiry) or (restrictions on dealings following inquiry) the regulator must take all reasonable steps to give notice to—
(a) the registered provider, and
(b) in the case of a order under section (restrictions on dealings during inquiry)(4) or (restrictions on dealings following inquiry)(2), the person to whom the order is directed.
(2) Contravention of an order under section (restrictions on dealings during inquiry)(4) or (restrictions on dealings following inquiry)(2) is an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) Proceedings for an offence may be brought only by or with the consent of—
(a) the regulator, or
(b) the Director of Public Prosecutions.’.—[Mr. Wright.]
Alistair Burt (Shadow Minister, Communities and Local Government; North East Bedfordshire, Conservative)
On a point of order, Mr. Benton. I shall not be here on Thursday, so before we reach the conclusion of the Bill I wish to thank you and Mr. Gale for your chairmanship. I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield will continue things on Thursday. I appreciate the work of the Minister, the Whip on duty and such able colleagues who have handled the Bill. As I shall not be speaking from the Front Bench for a little while, I hoped that you would not mind my saying thank you, Mr. Benton.
Iain Wright (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government; Hartlepool, Labour)
Further to that point of order, Mr. Benton. May I just put on record that I think I speak for the Labour Benches when I say what a pleasure it has been to work with the hon. Member for North-East Bedfordshire. He is a true gentleman of the finest order, and, as I have said, his contribution to the Conservatives’ communities and local government team has been a pleasure to see. It will be diminished as a result of his absence. I shall miss him, not just because he makes me look tall but because he is a real talent in the House and raises its average.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Liz Blackman.]