at end insert— The Secretary of State must by regulations made by statutory instrument make further provision as to the procedure to be followed by a landlord or letting agent when receiving a holding deposit, which shall include a requirement to provide notification to the relevant person in a prescribed form concerning the treatment of the holding deposit.
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Committee stage — Lords 20
leave out sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) and insert— But if the amount of the holding deposit exceeds three days’ rent, the amount of the excess is a prohibited payment.
leave out paragraph (a) and insert— “four weeks’ rent” means four times one week’s rent, and”
leave out “six” and insert “four”
at end insert— The guidance under subsection (2) must be contained within regulations made by statutory instrument.
leave out “one week’s” and insert “three days’”
leave out from “force” to end of line 31 and insert “on the day on which it is passed.”
leave out “one year” and insert “six months”
Insert the following new Clause— “Report on operation of Tenant Fees Act
at end insert— No section 21 notice may be given in relation to the tenancy until the end of a period six months from—
leave out “all or any part of” and insert “a sum of money not more than three times”
Insert the following new Clause— “Report on enforcement resources
Insert the following new Clause— “Enforcement costs
Insert the following new Clause— “Duty to provide tenants and prospective tenants with information
Insert the following new Clause— “Transferable deposits
leave out subsection (2) and insert— If the lead enforcement authority is the Secretary of State, it is the duty of the lead enforcement authority to issue guidance, in the form of regulations made by statutory instrument, to enforcement authorities about the exercise of their functions under this Act.
at end insert— But a payment in accordance with this paragraph, which relates to housing for which the landlord or letting agent already holds a holding deposit and for which the deadline for agreement as defined in Schedule 2 has not yet passed, is a prohibited payment.”
at end insert “, or the relevant person has made an application to the First-tier Tribunal under section 15 (recovery by relevant person of amount paid) and has recovered all or part of the amount or (as the case may be) the aggregate amount referred to in that section.”
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town gives notice of her intention to oppose the Question that Clause 21 stand part of the Bill.
at end insert— A person is not a letting agent for the purposes of this Act if—
Report stage — Lords 20
at end insert— No section 21 notice may be given in relation to the tenancy until the end of a period of six months from—
Insert the following new Clause— “Transferable deposits
at beginning insert “subject to subsection (10),”
leave out “date” and insert “day”
leave out “date” and insert “day”
leave out “date” and insert “day”
leave out “date” and insert “day”
after “breaching” insert “paragraph 3 of”
after “of” insert “paragraph 3 of”
leave out “tenant” and insert “relevant person”
leave out “the tenant” and insert “a relevant person”
leave out “tenant” and insert “relevant person”
leave out “the tenant” and insert “a relevant person”
leave out “person’s”
leave out “the person” and insert “a relevant person”
leave out “the person” and insert “a relevant person”
at end insert “the agent or”
at end insert— The reference in subsection (9)(b) to a person does not include—
leave out “the person” and insert “a relevant person”
leave out “the person” and insert “a relevant person”
3rd reading — Lords 2
leave out “paragraph 4 of Schedule 2” and insert “that paragraph, or in a case within paragraph 5 of that Schedule, the day after the end of the relevant period within the meaning of that paragraph.”
after “10(8)” insert “— in a case within paragraph 4 of Schedule 2”