Section 104 inserts a new section into Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 which makes provision for rent repayment orders.
	Subsections (1) and (2) provide that where an offence is committed by a landlord which is a body corporate and the offence is committed with the consent or connivance of a relevant person, or is a specified offence attributable to any neglect by that person, they, as well the body corporate, is treated as having committed the offence and consequently may be subject to a rent repayment order.
	Subsection (4) defines "specified offence" and "relevant person". By subsection (3) a relevant person who is treated as having committed a rent repayment order offence will be included within the definition of "landlord" for the purposes of rent repayment orders.
Part 4: Enforcement Chapter 1 – Sanctions Section 104: Rent repayment orders: liability of directors etc Effect