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Paragraph 5 I1

Where an amount required in purported compliance with this paragraph exceeds an amount equivalent to one week's rent under the contract, the amount of the excess is a prohibited payment, with the remainder falling to be treated under Schedule 2.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 1.9.2019 by S.I. 2019/1150, art. 2(c)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Title substituted (1.6.2026) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 45(2), 145(3) (with s. 138); W.S.I. 2026/6, art. 2(c)