Local authorities are responsible for the enforcement of the client money protection schemes regulations. This section extends the set of investigatory powers that are already available to local authorities in relation to the Tenant Fees Act 2019 and agent redress requirements so that they can be used to investigate breaches of particular client money protection regulations. These powers include the power to require information from any person, the power to enter business premises, the power to require the production of documents and the power to seize documents. It is important that local authorities have access to these powers as, without them, they have no ability to investigate breaches of these requirements and therefore cannot effectively enforce them.
Part 4: Enforcement Chapter 3 – Investigatory Powers Section 136: Client Money Protection schemes: investigatory powers of local authorities Background