{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2014/7",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Offence of appointing an unlicensed agent",
  "text": "(1) The landlord of a dwelling marketed or offered for let under a domestic tenancy must not appoint or continue to allow a person to undertake lettings work on behalf of the landlord in relation to that dwelling, if—\n(a) the person does not hold a licence to do so under this Part for the area in which the dwelling is located, and\n(b) the landlord knows or should know that the person does not hold such a licence.\n(2) The landlord of a dwelling subject to a domestic tenancy must not appoint or continue to allow a person to undertake property management work on behalf of the landlord in relation to that dwelling, if—\n(a) the person does not hold a licence to do so under this Part for the area in which the dwelling is located, and\n(b) the landlord knows or should know that the person does not hold such a licence.\n(3) A landlord who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 23.11.2016 by S.I. 2016/1066, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2014/7/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:23.296415+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."
}