{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-repayment-orders-and-financial-penalties-amounts-recovered-england-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-repayment-orders-and-financial-penalties-amounts-recovered-england-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/367",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Repayment Orders and Financial Penalties (Amounts Recovered) (England) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-repayment-orders-and-financial-penalties-amounts-recovered-england-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2004 Act” means the Housing Act 2004;\n“the 2007 Regulations” means the Rent Repayment Orders (Supplementary Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007;\n“the 2016 Act” means the Housing and Planning Act 2016;\n“enforcement function” means, in relation to a local housing authority—\n(a) any of its functions—\n(i) under Parts 1 to 4 of the 2004 Act; or\n(ii) under Part 2 of the 2016 Act; or\n(b) where paragraph (a) does not apply, any of its functions, conferred on it as local housing authority—\n(i) connected with an investigation of, or proceedings relating to, a contravention of the law relating to housing or landlord and tenant; or\n(ii) connected with the promotion of compliance with the law relating to housing or landlord and tenant; and\n“private rented sector” means—\n(a) a landlord under a tenancy of residential premises in England that is not a registered provider of social housing;\n(b) residential premises in England that are let, or intended to be let, under a tenancy by a landlord that is not a registered provider of social housing;\n(c) common parts of such premises;\n(d) English letting agency work within the meaning of section 54 of the 2016 Act in relation to such premises; or\n(e) English property management work within the meaning of section 55 of the 2016 Act in relation to such premises;\nand for the purpose of this definition “residential premises” has the meaning given by section 1 of the 2004 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/572."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 261 of the Housing Act 2004 and section 56 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 for the definition of “local housing authority”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) for the definition of registered providers of social housing."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/367/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:13:09.037167+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."
}