Decision details
Enforcing Legislation Concerning Letting Agent's Redress Scheme
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To agree monetary penalty, to agree Trading
Standards and Housing responsibility for Enforcement and to
delegate discretion to reduce penalty fee if appropriate
representations are made.
Decision:
RESOLVED:
16.1 Cabinet agreed to the introduction of a penalty charge of £5k, reduced to £2.5k if paid within 14 days for the non-compliance of the Redress Schemes for Letting Agents and Property Management Work (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc) (England) Order 2014.
16.2 Officers working in the Trading Standards Service, were delegated responsibility for the Council’s statutory duty of enforcing the Redress Schemes
for Lettings Agency Work and Property Management Work (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc) (England) Order 2014.
16.3 Officers working in Private Housing Services, were delegated responsibility for the Council’s statutory duty of enforcing the Redress Schemes for Lettings Agency Work and Property Management Work (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc) (England) Order 2014.
16.4 Cabinet delegated authority to the Trading Standards Senior Regulatory Service Manager and any manger above this position, to review the value of any penalty charge imposed subject to any representations made by recipient as prescribed by the Order.
16.5 Cabinet delegated authority to the Head of Service, Private Housing Services and any manger above this position, to review the value of any penalty charge imposed subject to any representations made by recipient as prescribed by the Order.
16.6 Cabinet agreed any monetary penalties received in connection with the Order be used by either of the two teams issuing the penalty charge to fund the costs of enforcing the Order.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Simon Legg, Senior Regulatory Service Manager, Regeneration Email: Simon.Legg@brent.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 5522.
Report author: Simon Legg
Publication date: 26/04/2017
Date of decision: 24/04/2017
Decided at meeting: 24/04/2017 - Cabinet
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