Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025
Part 4Enforcement
Chapter 2Enforcement authorities
107Enforcement by local housing authorities: general duty
(1)
It is the duty of every local housing authority to enforce the landlord legislation in its area.
(2)
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.
(3)
(4)
A county council in England which is not a local housing authority may—
(a)
enforce the landlord legislation;
(b)
for that purpose, exercise any powers that a local housing authority may exercise for the purposes of enforcing that legislation.
(5)
In this Part “the landlord legislation” means—
(a)
Chapters 3 and 6 of Part 1 of this Act,
(b)
Part 2 of this Act,
(c)
sections 1 and 1A of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, and
(d)
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the 1988 Act.
(6)
For the purposes of this Part, a reference to taking enforcement action is a reference to—
(a)
imposing a financial penalty, or
(b)
instituting proceedings against a person for an offence,
under the landlord legislation.