Tenant Fees Act 2019
Tenant Fees Act 2019 (2019 c. 4)
- Tenant Fees Act 2019 (2019 c. 4)
- 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
- 5A Pre-tenancy payments of rent: prohibitions
- 5B Effect of a breach of section 5A
- 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
- Increased rent
- Tenancy deposit
- Holding deposit
- Payment in the event of a default
- Payment on variation, assignment or novation of a tenancy
- Payment on termination of a tenancy
- Payment in respect of council tax
- Payment in respect of utilities etc
- Payment in respect of a television licence
- Payment in respect of communication services
- SCHEDULE 2 Treatment of holding deposit
- Application
- Interpretation
- Requirement to repay holding deposit
- Exceptions
- SCHEDULE 3 Financial penalties etc
- Interpretation
- Notice of intent
- Right to make representations
- Final notice
- Withdrawal or amendment of notice
- Appeals
- Recovery of financial penalty
- Recovery of prohibited payment etc
- Assistance to recover prohibited payment etc
- Proceeds of financial penalties
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