PART 2 E+WRogue landlords and property agents in England

CHAPTER 4E+WRent repayment orders

Enforcement of rent repayment orderE+W

47Enforcement of rent repayment ordersE+W

(1)An amount payable to a tenant or local housing authority under a rent repayment order is recoverable as a debt.

(2)An amount payable to a local housing authority under a rent repayment order does not, when recovered by the authority, constitute an amount of universal credit recovered by the authority.

(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about how local housing authorities are to deal with amounts recovered under rent repayment orders.