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Introductory Text
Prohibitions etc applying to landlords and letting agents
1.Prohibitions applying to landlords
2.Prohibitions applying to letting agents
3.Prohibited and permitted payments
4.Effect of a breach of section 1 or 2
5.Treatment of holding deposit
Enforcement
6.Enforcement by local weights and measures authorities
7.Enforcement by district councils
8.Financial penalties
9.Power to amend maximum financial penalties
10.Recovery by enforcement authority of amount paid
11.Interest on payments under section 10
12.Offences
13.Offences by bodies corporate
14.Duty to notify when taking enforcement action
15.Recovery by relevant person of amount paid
16.Assistance to recover amount paid
17.Restriction on terminating tenancy
Amendments to the Consumer Rights Act 2015
18.Duty to publicise fees on third party websites
19.Information about membership of client money protection scheme
20.Penalties for continuing breach of duty
Client money protection schemes
21.Enforcement of client money protection schemes for property agents
22.Client money protection schemes: approval and designation
23.Client money protection schemes: requirement to belong to a scheme etc
Lead enforcement authority
24.Lead enforcement authority
25.General duties of the lead enforcement authority
26.Enforcement by the lead enforcement authority
General interpretation
27.Meaning of “letting agent” and related expressions
28.Interpretation
Final provisions
29.Consequential amendments
30.Transitional provision
31.Financial provisions
32.Crown application
33.Extent
34.Commencement
35.Short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Permitted payments
Rent
1.(1) A payment of rent under a tenancy is a...
Tenancy deposit
2.(1) A payment of a tenancy deposit is a permitted...
Holding deposit
3.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (6), a payment of...
Payment in the event of a default
4.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (8), a payment in...
5.A payment of damages for breach of a tenancy agreement...
Payment on variation, assignment or novation of a tenancy
6.(1) A payment is a permitted payment if it is...
Payment on termination of a tenancy
7.(1) A payment is a permitted payment if it is...
Payment in respect of council tax
8.(1) A payment to a billing authority in respect of...
Payment in respect of utilities etc
9.(1) A payment for or in connection with the provision...
Payment in respect of a television licence
10.(1) A payment to the British Broadcasting Corporation in respect...
Payment in respect of communication services
11.(1) A payment for or in connection with the provision...
SCHEDULE 2
Treatment of holding deposit
Application
1.This Schedule applies where a holding deposit is paid to...
Interpretation
2.(1) In this Schedule “the deadline for agreement” means the...
Requirement to repay holding deposit
3.Subject as follows, the person who received the holding deposit...
4.If paragraph 3 applies, the deposit must be repaid within...
5.(1) The person who received the holding deposit must repay...
Exceptions
6.Paragraph 3(a) does not apply if or to the extent...
7.If all or part of the amount of the deposit...
8.Paragraph 3(b) or (c) does not apply if—
9.Paragraph 3(b) or (c) does not apply if the tenant...
10.Subject to paragraph 13, paragraph 3(c) does not apply if...
11.Subject to paragraph 13, paragraph 3(c) does not apply where...
12.Subject to paragraph 13, paragraph 3(c) does not apply where...
13.Paragraph 10, 11 or 12 does not apply (so that...
SCHEDULE 3
Financial penalties etc
Interpretation
1.(1) In this Schedule references to a financial penalty include...
Notice of intent
2.(1) This paragraph applies where an enforcement authority proposes to...
Right to make representations
3.A person who receives a notice of intent may, within...
Final notice
4.(1) After the end of the period mentioned in paragraph...
Withdrawal or amendment of notice
5.(1) The enforcement authority may at any time—
Appeals
6.(1) A person on whom a final notice is served...
Recovery of financial penalty
7.(1) This paragraph applies if a person who is liable...
Recovery of prohibited payment etc
8.(1) This paragraph applies if a person who is liable...
Assistance to recover prohibited payment etc
9.(1) An enforcement authority may help a relevant person to...
Proceeds of financial penalties
10.Where an enforcement authority imposes a financial penalty under this...
11.Any proceeds of a financial penalty imposed under this Act...
12.(1) In paragraph 10, “enforcement functions in relation to the...