Specified informationI13

1

These Regulations specify information which a landlord (or if instructed, their letting agent) must provide to a prospective contract-holder3 before a holding deposit4 is paid to the landlord or letting agent in respect of a standard occupation contract and the way in which that information must be provided.

2

The following information must be provided to a prospective contract-holder—

a

amount of holding deposit5,

b

address of the dwelling in respect of which the deposit is paid,

c

where a holding deposit is to be paid to a letting agent, the name and contact details of that letting agent,

d

where a holding deposit is to be paid to a landlord, the name and contact details of that landlord,

e

duration of the contract,

f

proposed occupation date,

g

amount of rent or other consideration,

h

rental period,

i

any proposed additional contract terms or proposed modifications to fundamental or supplementary terms or terms proposed to be omitted from the contract,

j

amount of any security deposit,

k

whether a guarantor is required and, if so, any relevant conditions,

l

reference checks the landlord (or letting agent) will undertake, and

m

information the landlord or letting agent requires from the prospective contract-holder.

3

The information must be provided to a prospective contract-holder in writing and may be given in person or provided by electronic means if the prospective contract-holder consents to receiving it electronically.