This is a new provision. The government intends to charge a fee to landlords for registration on the database. This includes an enabling power to set fee amounts by reference to "relevant costs". The "relevant costs" are the costs that can be recovered via database fees. These costs can include the cost of setting up and running the database and wider enforcement costs arising in the private rented sector.
Example: Charging an additional late fee
								A landlord has failed to re-register on the database before the specified deadline and they have received a letter warning them that they must re-register within the 28-day grace period. The landlord does not re-register within the 28-day grace period and is therefore eligible to be charged an additional late fee as well as the re-registration fee as stated in section 81, subsection (5).
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 3: The Private Rented Sector Database Section 81: Fees for landlord and dwelling entries Background