This Chapter confers power on the First-tier Tribunal to make a rent repayment order where a landlord has committed an offence to which this Chapter applies.
A rent repayment order is an order requiring the landlord under a tenancy of housing in England to—
A reference to "an offence to which this Chapter applies" is to an offence, of a description specified in the table, that is committed by a landlord in relation to housing in England let by that landlord.
For the purposes of subsection (3), an offence under section 30(1) or 32(1) of the Housing Act 2004 is committed in relation to housing in England let by a landlord only if the improvement notice or prohibition order mentioned in that section was given in respect of a hazard on the premises let by the landlord (as opposed, for example, to common parts).
