PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING

Registration

15Registration by a licensing authority

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.