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40 Laurie Avenue, Nottinmghgam, NG7 6PN

BIR/00FY/HSE/2020/0001 · Nottingham · decided 25 Jan 2021 · rent repayment order

old rulescouncil application
OffenceUnlicensed house (selective licensing)
LandlordIndividual
Applicantsthe council
Rentnot stated as one figure
Period the order relates to1 Aug 2018 to 31 Jul 2019
Maximum the tribunal could award£5,644.98
Amount the tribunal ordered£5,644.98 in total for the council
Share of the maximum100%, from the two figures above
RulesOld rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent.

Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

landlords expenses, or mortgage costs, or for ordering repayment of only the landlords profit. … To summarise these provisions, on an application for a rent repayment order by a local authority as a result of an allegation of the commission of an offence under section 95(1) of the 2004 Act, a Tribunal will need to be satisfied of the following: a. That an offence under section 95(1) allows an application for a rent repayment order to be made; b. That, beyond reasonable doubt, the Respondent had control of or managed the Property during a period when it required a licence, but it was not so licensed, or that no licence application had been duly made (i.e. that the requirements for an offence under section 95(1) have been established); c. That there was no reasonable excuse for managing or being in control of an unlicenced property; d. That the Applicant has served a notice on the Respondent complying with the requirements of section 42 of the 2016 Act; e. That the application for a rent repayment order cannot be made until after the expiry of the period for representations contained in the section 42 notice; f. That the amount sought is limited to the amount of universal credit paid to the Applicant during a period not exceeding 12 months during which the Respondent was committing the offence under section 95(1); g. …

An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.

The original

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