Part 2: Rogue Landlords and Property Agents in England Chapter 2: Banning Orders Imposition of banning orders Section 17: Duration and effect of banning order
This section requires a banning order to specify the duration of the ban in respect of each of the activities that the person is banned from doing, including being involved in certain bodies corporate. A ban must last for a period of at least 12 months. The section also provides that a banning order may contain exceptions to the ban for some or all of the period to which it relates. This may, for example, allow a landlord to continue letting out a property for a period of time whilst subject to a banning order if there are existing tenants in a property and the landlord cannot end these tenancies immediately. An exception could also allow a property agent to wind down current business