This section applies where an agent is given a notice under section 25 requiring payment of a penalty.
Where the notice is given for a pre-grant contravention, the agent is excused from paying the penalty if the agent shows that the prescribed requirements were complied with before the residential tenancy agreement was entered into.
The prescribed requirements may be complied with for the purposes of subsection (2) at any time before the residential tenancy agreement is entered into.
But where compliance with the prescribed requirements discloses that a relevant occupier is a person with a limited right to rent, the agent is excused under subsection (2) only if the requirements are complied with in relation to that occupier within such period as may be prescribed.
The excuse under subsection (2) is not available if the agent—
Where the notice is given for a post-grant contravention, the agent is excused from paying the penalty if either of the following applies—
For the purposes of subsection (6)(a), the agent is to be taken to have notified the Secretary of State and the landlord of the contravention "as soon as reasonably practicable" if the agent—
Notification under subsection (6)(a) must be in the prescribed form and manner.