Section 43: Making of rent repayment order

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

Part 2: Rogue landlords and property agents in England — CHAPTER 4: Rent repayment orders

The First-tier Tribunal may make a rent repayment order if satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that a landlord has committed an offence to which this Chapter applies (whether or not the landlord has been convicted).

A rent repayment order under this section may be made only on an application under section 41.

The amount of a rent repayment order under this section is to be determined in accordance with—

section 44 (where the application is made by a tenant);
section 45 (where the application is made by a local housing authority);
section 46 (in certain cases where the landlord has been convicted etc).

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