PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING
Supplementary
I143Activity in contravention of this Part: effect on tenancy agreements
1
No rule of law relating to the validity or enforceability of contracts in circumstances involving illegality is to affect the validity or enforceability of any provision of a domestic tenancy of a dwelling in respect of which a contravention of this Part has occurred.
2
But periodical payments—
a
payable in connection with such a tenancy may be stopped in accordance with section 30 (rent stopping orders), and
b
paid in connection with such a tenancy may be recovered in accordance with sections 32 and 33 (rent repayment orders).