Flat A, 90 Vansittart Road, London E7 0AA
LON/00BH/HMF/2022/0204 · Waltham Forest · decided 14 Jul 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | ? to 31 Aug 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £8,000 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,000 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 25%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
a complete defence. In particular, there is nothing to suggest that the matter was outside her control or that she was relying on somebody else in circumstances where it was reasonable to do so. In addition, her delay in obtaining a licence was quite a long one, and it is unclear in the absence of cross-examination why that was. … The purpose of the licensing regime is to try to ensure – insofar as is reasonably possible – that properties which are rented out are safe and of an acceptable standard, and it would frustrate that purpose if landlords could be excused compliance simply because their personal circumstances caused them to forget to apply for a licence. … We will return to this point later. The offence. Section 40 of the 2016 Act confers power on the First-tier Tribunal to make a rent repayment order where a landlord has committed an offence listed in the table in sub-section 40(3), subject to certain conditions being satisfied. An offence under section 95(1) of the 2004 Act is one of the offences listed in that table. … Under section 41(2), a tenant may apply for a rent repayment order only if the offence relates to housing that, at the time of the offence, was let to the tenant and the offence was committed in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the application is made. …
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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