16 Langham Place, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9EB
CHI/43UG/HMF/2021/0019 · Runnymede · decided 22 Dec 2021 · rent repayment order
old rulesOut of time or no jurisdiction: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 5 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Aug 2019 to 31 Jul 2020 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
light of the evidence provided by the Respondent. He was however unable to suggest how much he believed the Tribunal should order to be repaid. Discussion and determination. Rent repayment orders are one part of a wide ranging set of laws, the aim of which is to discourage “rogue” landlords and agents and to assist with achieving and maintaining acceptable standards in the rented housing market. … However, it is essential that before considering whether it should make a rent repayment order under section 43 of the 2016 Act the Tribunal must be satisfied that an application for an order is validly made under section 41 of the Act. If not the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to make an order and that will be the end of the matter. In the present case the Application was made on 29 July 2021. That was the date on the Application and the Tribunal is able to confirm that it was received that day. … Thus any offence must have been committed in that 12 month period. … In the present case the 12 month period ran from 30 July 2020 to 29 July 2021. We know that the tenancy ended on 31 July 2020. It follows that if the requirement in section 41(2) were to be satisfied at the time of the Application on 29 July 2021, the Landlord must have been committing the offence on 30 or 31 July 2020. …
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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