Section 115 provides a power for local housing authority officers to give written notice requiring information from any person. The officer must reasonably suspect that a breach or offence has been committed under the "rented accommodation legislation", defined in subsection (3). The information can only be required for the purposes of investigating whether there has been a breach or offence under the "rented accommodation legislation" or determining the amount of penalty under the legislation.
	Subsections (5) to (7) specify the form and content which the notice must or may contain.
	Subsection (6) provides requirements that a notice may include, such as the creation of specified documents.
	The "rented accommodation legislation" defined in subsection (3) covers unlawful eviction and harassment (Protection from Eviction Act 1977), assured tenancies (Housing Act 1988), housing conditions, management orders, overcrowding property licensing and fine setting (Housing Act 2004), redress for letting and management agents, banning order offences (Housing and Planning Act 2016), discrimination relating to children or benefits status, landlords redress, the Private Rented Sector Database and its operator (this Act).
Part 4: Enforcement Chapter 3 – Investigatory Powers Section 115: Power of local housing authority to require information from any person Effect