Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. IX excluded by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 8 para. 4(2)(3)
(1)This section applies in relation to any premises if—
(a)under Part V of this Act, a rent is registered for those premises in the register kept in pursuance of section 79 of this Act; and
(b)in a case where the approval, reduction or increase of the rent by the rent tribunal is limited to rent payable in respect of a particular period, that period has not expired.
(2)Any person who, as a condition of the grant, renewal, continuance or assignment of rights under a restricted contract, requires the payment of any premium shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)Nothing in subsection (2) above shall prevent a person from requiring—
(a)that there shall be paid so much of any outgoings discharged by a grantor or assignor as is referable to any period after the grant or assignment takes effect; or
(b)that there shall be paid a reasonable amount in respect of goodwill of a business, trade, or profession, where the goodwill is transferred to a grantee or assignee in connection with the grant or assignment or accrues to him in consequence thereof.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F1level 3 on the standard scale].
(5)The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may order the amount of the premium, or so much of it as cannot lawfully be required under this section, to be repaid to the person by whom it was paid.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46