Part 2: Rogue Landlords and Property Agents in England Chapter 3: Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents The database and its contents Section 30: Power to include person convicted of banning order offence
This section enables a local housing authority to make an entry on the database in relation to a person if that person has been convicted of a banning order offence and was a residential landlord or property agent at the time at which the offence was committed. A local authority might, for example, decide to make an entry in the database rather than apply for a banning order in a case where a person’s offences are slightly less serious and the local authority considers that monitoring of that person through the database is more appropriate than seeking a banning order at this stage.
	An entry may also be made if a person has incurred two civil penalties in respect of banning order offences within the last 12 months.
	An entry in the database is required to be maintained for the period set out in the local authority’s decision notice and then removed at the end of that period or, as the case may be, any reduced period under section 36. The Secretary of State is also required to publish guidance setting out criteria to which local housing authorities must have regard when deciding whether to include a person in the database and how long their entry must be maintained for.