This is a new provision. Section 80 empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations that detail how information collected on the database will be authenticated and outline a process for editing or removing incorrect entries. The power would extend to making provision about how and by whom verifications and corrections may be carried out, including requiring local housing authorities or other bodies such as the operator to undertake these functions. The intent is for a quota of information collected by the database to undergo a form of verification to check whether it is valid, and for corrections to be made where this is not the case. This may be partially automated, but a proportion of triaged applications will likely require follow up by those carrying out these functions.
Example: Removal of landlord entry made in error
								A local housing authority identifies a dwelling entry for a houseboat. The owner of the houseboat has misunderstood their obligations and has mistakenly made a dwelling entry for the houseboat. This entry is invalid, as it does not meet the definition of "dwelling" as set out in section 99. The local housing authority removes the dwelling entry, in line with regulations made under this section. The active landlord entry is retained, as the residential landlord also lets out three other properties which meet the requirements under this chapter.
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 3: The Private Rented Sector Database Section 80: Verification, correction and removal of entries Background