PART 1 E+W REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING

Supplementary E+W

Valid from 23/11/2016

43 Activity in contravention of this Part: effect on tenancy agreements E+W

(1) No rule of law relating to the validity or enforceability of contracts in circumstances involving illegality is to affect the validity or enforceability of any provision of a domestic tenancy of a dwelling in respect of which a contravention of this Part has occurred.

(2) But periodical payments—

(a) payable in connection with such a tenancy may be stopped in accordance with section 30 (rent stopping orders), and

(b) paid in connection with such a tenancy may be recovered in accordance with sections 32 and 33 (rent repayment orders).