Section 91 gives local housing authorities the power to impose financial penalties on people that do not meet the requirements of the Private Rented Sector Database (the database), as set out in section 82, or commit an offence related to the database, as set out in section 92.
Example: Failure to register a property on the database
A landlord fails to register a property on the database but advertises the property for let within the private rented sector. The local authority becomes aware that the property is being advertised to let. The local housing authority determines that the responsible landlord has not been penalised for this offence previously and that no proceedings are underway to penalise them for the offence. The local housing authority then decides to issue a notice of intent, followed by a financial penalty, on the responsible landlord for the property, due to a breach of the requirements relating to the database.
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 3: The Private Rented Sector Database Section 91: Financial penalties Background