Section 132: Estate agents: lead enforcement authority

Housing and Planning Act 2016 · 2016 c. 22View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Housing, estate agents and rentcharges: other changes

Before section 25 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 insert—

In section 26(1) of that Act (enforcement authorities), in paragraph (c), for "Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland" substitute ." Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland "

In section 33(1) of that Act (general interpretation), for the definition of "the lead enforcement authority" substitute—

In paragraph 13(9) of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (powers under Part 3 of that Schedule to be exercisable for the purposes of certain functions of the lead enforcement authority) after "Great Britain" insert ." , the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland or the Secretary of State "

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.