The enforcement authority for the purposes of this PartE+W
17Enforcement authoritiesE+W
(1)For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is the enforcement authority in relation to the area of a local housing authority—
(a)the local housing authority for the area, and
(b)the licensing authority for the area.
(2)But a licensing authority which, by virtue of subsection (1)(b), is the enforcement authority for the area of a local housing authority, may not exercise any function of an enforcement authority in relation to that area, nor bring proceedings under section 19 in relation to that area, without the prior written consent of the local housing authority for the area.
(3)Consent under subsection (2) may be given generally or in relation to specific cases or functions.
(4)For the purposes of this section, “licensing authority” means a person designated as a licensing authority under section 3 of Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7).
(5)In this Part, references to the area of an enforcement authority are references to the area or, as the case may be, areas for which it is the enforcement authority.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (1.9.2019) by The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 (Transitional Provision for Assured Shorthold Tenancies) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1151), regs. 1(2), 3
Commencement Information
I1S. 17 in force at 1.9.2019 by S.I. 2019/1150, art. 2(a)