Commentary on provisions of Act Section 7: Enforcement by district councils
This section provides that a district council, which is not a local weights and measures authority, may enforce the prohibitions in Sections 1 and 2 and requirements relating to holding deposits under Schedule 2.
	Subsection (2) requires a district council to have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State or the lead enforcement authority (if that is not the Secretary of State) about how it should carry out its enforcement duties.
	The investigatory powers available to a district council for the purposes of enforcing the Tenant Fees Act are set out in Schedule 5 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which this section amends.
	Subsection (5) explains that "enforcement authority" refers to both a local weights and measures authority in England and a district council that is not a local weights and measures authority.