A lead enforcement authority must oversee the operation of the provisions for which it is responsible.
A lead enforcement authority must provide—
with information and advice about the operation of the provisions for which it is responsible, in such form and manner as the lead enforcement authority considers appropriate.
A lead enforcement authority may disclose information to a relevant local authority for the purposes of enabling that authority to determine whether there has been a breach of, or an offence under, the provisions for which the lead enforcement authority is responsible.
A lead enforcement authority may issue guidance to relevant local authorities about the exercise of their functions under any of the provisions for which it is responsible.
Relevant local authorities must have regard to any guidance issued under subsection (4).
A lead enforcement authority must keep under review and from time to time advise the Secretary of State about the following—
The Secretary of State may give a lead enforcement authority directions as to the exercise of any of its functions.
A direction may relate to all or particular kinds of relevant local authorities and may make different provision for different purposes.
In this section—
"relevant local authority" means— a local housing authority, or a county council in England which is not a local housing authority;
"social housing" has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
"tenancies" includes licences to occupy.