Annex B – Progress of Act Table
The table below summarises how each Section of the Act was numbered during its passage through Parliament.
Section of the Act
Bill as Introduced in the Commons/Lords
Bill as amended on Report in the Lords
Section 1: Prohibitions applying to landlords
Clause 1
Clause 1
Section 2: Prohibitions applying to letting agents
Clause 2
Clause 2
Section 3: Prohibited and permitted payments
Clause 3
Clause 3
Section 4: Effect of a breach of section 1 or 2
Clause 4
Clause 4
Section 5: Treatment of holding deposit
Clause 5
Clause 5
Section 6: Enforcement by local weights and measures authorities
Clause 6
Clause 6
Section 7: Enforcement by district councils
Clause 7
Clause 7
Section 8: Financial Penalties
Clause 8
Clause 8
Section 9: Power to amend maximum financial penalties
Clause 9
Clause 9
Section 10: Recovery by enforcement authority of amount paid
Clause 10
Clause 10
Section 11: Interest on payments under section 10
Clause 11
Clause 11
Section 12: Offences
Clause 12
Clause 12
Section 13: Offences by bodies corporate
Clause 13
Clause 13
Section 14: Duty to notify when taking enforcement action
Clause 14
Clause 14
Section 15: Recovery by relevant person of amount paid
Clause 15
Clause 15
Section 16: Assistance to recover amount paid
Clause 16
Clause 16
Section 17: Restriction on terminating tenancy
Clause 17
Clause 17
Section 18: Duty to publicise fees on third party websites
Clause 18
Clause 18
Section 19: Information about membership of client money protection scheme
Clause 19
Clause 19
Section 20: Penalties for continuing breach of duty
Clause 20
Clause 20
Section 21: Enforcement of client money protection schemes for property agents
Clause 21
Clause 21
Section 22: Client money protection schemes: approval and designation
n/a
Clause 22
Section 23: Client money protection schemes: requirement to belong to a scheme etc
n/a
Clause 23
Section 24: Lead Enforcement Authority
Clause 22
Clause 24
Section 25: General duties of the lead enforcement authority
Clause 23
Clause 25
Section 26: Enforcement by the lead enforcement authority
Clause 24
Clause 26
Section 27: Meaning of ‘‘letting agent’’ and related expressions
Clause 25
Clause 27
Section 28: Interpretation
Clause 26
Clause 28
Section 29: Consequential amendments
Clause 27
Clause 29
Section 30: Transitional provision
Clause 28
Clause 30
Section 31: Financial provisions
Clause 29
Clause 31
Section 32: Crown application
Clause 30
Clause 32
Section 33: Extent
Clause 31
Clause 33
Section 34: Commencement
Clause 32
Clause 34
Section 35: Short title
Clause 33
Clause 35
Schedule 1: Permitted Payments
Schedule 1
Schedule 1
Schedule 2: Treatment of holding deposit
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
Schedule 3: Financial penalties etc
Schedule 3
Schedule 3