{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-51A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-51A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "section/51A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51A",
  "heading": "Landlord which is body corporate: liability of directors etc",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a landlord which is a body corporate has committed an offence to which this Chapter applies, and\n(b) the offence—\n(i) was committed with the consent or connivance of a relevant person in relation to the body corporate, or of a person purporting to act in the capacity of a relevant person in relation to the body corporate, or\n(ii) was a specified offence and was attributable to any neglect on the part of such a person.\n(2) That person, as well as the body corporate, is treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having committed the offence.\n(3) In this Chapter a reference to the landlord includes that person.\n(4) In this section—\n“relevant person” means—\n(a)in relation to a body corporate other than one the affairs of which are managed by its members, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body;\n(b)in relation to a body corporate the affairs of which are managed by its members, a member who exercises functions of management with respect to it;\n“specified offence” means an offence under—\n(a) section 1 (2) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977;\n(b) section 16J (2) or (3) of the Housing Act 1988;\n(c) section 30 (1), 32(1), 72(1) or 95(1) of the Housing Act 2004;\n(d)section 21 of this Act;\n(e)section 67(1) or 92(2) of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 51A inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 104, 145(1)(7) (with s. 138); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 3(k) (with reg. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/51A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:11.976723+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}