17.—(1) Section 118 (de-registration: compulsory) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for “body” substitute “private registered provider”.
(3) After subsection (3) insert—
“(4) The regulator shall remove a local authority from the register if the regulator becomes aware that the authority—
(a)is no longer a provider of social housing, or
(b)no longer intends to become a provider of social housing (in the case of an authority which intended to become one but did not in fact do so).”