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
Annex B – Progress of Act Table