Application of amounts recovered under a rent repayment order under the 2016 Act3

1

A local housing authority may apply any amount recovered under a rent repayment order under Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the 2016 Act to meet the costs and expenses (whether administrative or legal) incurred in, or associated with, carrying out any of its enforcement functions in relation to the private rented sector.

2

Any amount recovered under a rent repayment order which is not applied in accordance with paragraph (1) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.