(1)An application for registration is to be made to the licensing authority for the area in which the dwelling to which the application relates is located; and the authority must register the landlord within the prescribed period if the application—
(a)is made in the form required by the authority,
(b)includes such information as is prescribed,
(c)includes such other information as the authority requires, and
(d)is accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2)If the landlord is registered, the licensing authority must notify the landlord—
(a)that the landlord is registered, and
(b)of the registration number assigned to the landlord.
(3)On the first occasion a landlord is registered a licensing authority must assign a registration number to the landlord.
(4)A licensing authority may charge the landlord a further prescribed fee for continued registration—
(a)after the fifth anniversary of the date the landlord was registered, and
(b)after every fifth anniversary of the date a further prescribed fee was charged.
Commencement Information
I1S. 15 in force at 1.12.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/3127, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2
I2S. 15 in force at 23.11.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1826, art. 2(e)