Schedule 1 to the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (permitted payments) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
After paragraph 1(1) (rent is a permitted payment) insert—
For sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 substitute—
After section 5 of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 insert—
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 is further amended as follows—
in section 6 (enforcement by local weights and measures authorities)—
in subsection (1), in paragraph (b) omit "and" and after that paragraph insert— ba section 5A (pre-tenancy payments of rent: prohibitions), and;
in subsection (3), for "or 2" substitute ;", 2 or 5A"
in section 7 (enforcement by district councils), in subsection (1), for "and 2" substitute ;", 2 and 5A"
in section 8 (financial penalties), in subsection (1), for "or 2" substitute ;", 2 or 5A"
in section 10 (recovery by enforcement authority of amount paid)—
in subsection (1)(a), for "or 2" substitute ;", 2 or 5A"
after subsection (2) insert— 2A But that obligation to pay the amount, or remaining part, of the prohibited payment is subject to subsection (3), unless it is a case where the payment is prohibited by paragraph 1(1A) of Schedule 1 (pre-tenancy payment of rent).;
in subsection (3), for "But subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a prohibited payment" substitute ;"Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the prohibited payment"
in section 15 (recovery by relevant person of amount paid), in subsection (1)(a), for "or 2" substitute .", 2 or 5A"