PART 1 E+W REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING

Prohibition of letting and management without registration and licence E+W

4 Requirement for a landlord to be registered E+W

(1) The landlord of a dwelling subject to, or marketed or offered for let under, a domestic tenancy must be registered under this Part in respect of the dwelling (see sections 14 to 17), unless an exception in section 5 applies.

(2) A landlord who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) In proceedings against a landlord for an offence under subsection (2) it is a defence that the landlord has a reasonable excuse for not being registered.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 4 in force at 23.11.2016 by S.I. 2016/1066, art. 2