# Housing and Planning Act 2016, Section 48: Duty to consider applying for rent repayment orders

Extent: E+W

If a local housing authority becomes aware that a person has been convicted of an offence to which this Chapter applies in relation to housing in its area, the authority must consider applying for a rent repayment order.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-48
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.