{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenant-fees-act-2019/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenant-fees-act-2019/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/4",
  "legislation_title": "Tenant Fees Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenant-fees-act-2019",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Client money protection schemes: requirement to belong to a scheme etc",
  "text": "(1) The Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc.) Regulations 2019 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “client money”—\n(i) in paragraph (a), for “agency”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “ management ”, and\n(ii) at the end of paragraph (b), for “; and” substitute “ , but does not include money held in accordance with an authorised tenancy deposit scheme within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 212 of that Act); ”, and\n(b) at the end of the definition of “regulated property agent” insert\n“;\n“scheme administrator” has the same meaning as in the scheme approval regulations (see regulation 2 of those regulations); and\n“scheme approval regulations” means the Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Approval and Designation of Schemes) Regulations 2018.”\n(3) In regulation 3 (requirement to belong to a client money protection scheme), omit paragraph (2).\n(4) In regulation 4 (transparency requirements)—\n(a) before paragraph (1) insert—\n“(A1) Paragraph (1) applies if the scheme administrator of an approved or designated client money protection scheme provides a certificate under regulation 8(1) of the scheme approval regulations to a regulated property agent.”, and\n(b) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “A” substitute “ The ”, and\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (a).\n(5) The amendments made by this section are without prejudice to any power to make an order or regulations amending or revoking the regulations mentioned in subsection (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at 1.4.2019 by S.I. 2019/428, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/4/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:24.931982+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."
}