PART 2Appointment of Scheme Administrator

Appointment of Scheme Administrator3.

(1)

The Department may appoint a person who has applied to the Department to establish and maintain a tenancy deposit scheme of a description prescribed in Part 3 where the Department has approved that application under the Regulations.

(2)

The Department must not approve an application where the applicant:—

(a)

has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty;

(b)

is a bankrupt, F1or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order; or

F2(ac)

he is a person in relation to whom a moratorium period under a debt relief order applies or he is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order ; or

(c)

is disqualified from being a director of a company.