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Section 107: Enforcement by local housing authorities: general duty

Renters' Rights Act 2025 · 2025 c. 26View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Enforcement — Chapter 2: Enforcement authorities

It is the duty of every local housing authority to enforce the landlord legislation in its area.

But the duty in subsection (1) does not prevent a local housing authority from taking enforcement action in respect of a breach of, or an offence under, the landlord legislation which occurs outside of its area.

The duty is also subject to sections 108(3) (enforcement by another local housing authority), 109(3) (enforcement by county council in England which is not a local housing authority) and 113(4) (enforcement by the lead enforcement authority).

A county council in England which is not a local housing authority may—

enforce the landlord legislation;
for that purpose, exercise any powers that a local housing authority may exercise for the purposes of enforcing that legislation.

In this Part "the landlord legislation" means—

Chapters 3 and 6 of Part 1 of this Act,
Part 2 of this Act,
sections 1 and 1A of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, and
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the 1988 Act.

For the purposes of this Part, a reference to taking enforcement action is a reference to—

imposing a financial penalty, or
instituting proceedings against a person for an offence,

under the landlord legislation.

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