Other Agency Related Legislation Flashcards
AccoMmodation agency 1953
Breach of act leads to 3 months in prison
What agent is prohibited under 1953 act
Take payment for finding property
Taking deposit or payment for Orooeery that they do not intend to rent
Can’t charge for giving addresses of potential properties this is also breach of tenant act 2019
Can chArge for finding once transaction is completed
Act that relates to fees and deposits
Consumer contract regulation 2013
What we must incorporate with letting contract
Notice if the right to cancel
Form of cancellation to be filled in
Cooling off period
You can : Start and write off Delay Insist to sign in office Client can request in writing that they will pay expenses
Or section 36 client to request that agency must start to perform
Banning order
April 2016
LHA applies to FTT for banning order
Must give landlord notice to person they need to ban
To give them 28 days to make representation
Once this rnede they can apply
Secretary of State has database of roque landlords thus ban will be min 12 months
LHA must give nituce to landlord about database
Give 21 days notice
specify length of ban
Thus must be within six months of banning order offence
Set out appeal rights
Persin subjected to banning order canno sell property to prohibited people - family and business connections
What are penalties for breach of banning order
Max is 30 k
Or 51 weeks prison
50£ per day if breach continues
RRO
April 2017 - 2016 act
Must be made within 12 months
List offences
For RRO landlords doesn’t have to be convicted of offence
Violence securing entry
Eviction under protection from eviction act 1977
Failure to comply with improvement housing act 2004
Letting unlicensed hmo housing act 2004
Breach of banning order 2016 act
Unpaid rent notice- recovering abandoned premises
1 st warning date is date after 8 weeks behinds on day warning was given
2nd - 2-4 weeks
3rd - 5 days before date in 1st warning
CMP
Client money protection
30 k breach of membership
5 k breach of transparency
You have 14 days to notify of change of scheme
LA will give u 28 days to make representation
Security deposit
Rent below 50 k - 5 weeks
Over 6 weeks
Holding deposit
1 weeks rent can be charged Nd held for 15 days
Tenant will loose if they withdraw
Landlord has to return if they withdraw
Change of sharers capped at 50 inc vat
Arrears capped at 3%
Professional cleaning banned
When u jet to company fees can be charge.md
Company can’t make charges ti occupiers they have licence to occupy
Act 2019 breach penalty
5 k for breach or
If further breaches within 5 years max 30 k
Consumer right 2015 display of charges
Penalty 5k under tenant act 2019
If you let to company fees act 2019 doesn’t apply
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