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Housing and Regeneration Bill

moved Amendment No. 110DA: 110DA: Clause 198, page 84, line 20, at end insert ““if the survey upholds the regulator’s suspicions”” The noble Baroness said: This amendment briefly addresses a matter of fairness. Under Clause 198 the regulator can require the provider to pay some or all of the costs of the survey and report. I should say as an aside that my introduction may not be long enough to allow the Minister to get to his place in order to respond. However, it seems to me that the registered provider should be required to pay only if the survey upholds the regulator’s suspicions—that is the word used slightly earlier on. It would not be fair for the provider to have to pay if he gets a clean bill of health. I beg to move.