Regulation 3 Provisions coming into force on 1st June 2019

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st June 2019—

(a)

section 1 (prohibitions applying to landlords);

(b)

section 2 (prohibitions applying to letting agents);

(c)

section 3 (prohibited and permitted payments) for all remaining purposes;

(d)

section 4 (effect of a breach of section 1 or 2);

(e)

section 5 (treatment of holding deposit);

(f)

section 6 (enforcement by local weights and measures authorities);

(g)

section 7 (enforcement by district councils);

(h)

section 8 (financial penalties);

(i)

section 10 (recovery by enforcement authority of amount paid);

(j)

section 11 (interest on payments under section 10);

(k)

section 12 (offences);

(l)

section 13 (offences by bodies corporate);

(m)

section 14 (duty to notify when taking enforcement action);

(n)

section 15 (recovery by relevant person of amount paid);

(o)

section 16 (assistance to recover amount paid);

(p)

section 17 (restriction on terminating tenancy);

(q)

section 18 (duty to publicise fees on third party websites);

(r)

section 19 (information about membership of client money protection scheme);

(s)

section 20 (penalties for continuing breach of duty);

(t)

section 21 (enforcement of client money protection schemes for property agents) for all remaining purposes;

(u)

section 26 (enforcement by the lead enforcement authority) for all remaining purposes;

(v)

section 27 (meaning of letting agent and related expressions);

(w)

section 28 (interpretation) for all remaining purposes;

(x)

section 30 (transitional provision) for all remaining purposes;

(y)

section 32 (Crown application);

(z)

schedule 1 (permitted payments);

(aa)

schedule 2 (treatment of holding deposit);

(bb)

schedule 3 (financial penalties etc).