Part 2: Rogue Landlords and Property Agents in England Chapter 4: Rent Repayment Orders Enforcement of rent repayment order Section 47: Enforcement of rent repayment orders
This section provides that an amount payable under a rent repayment order is recoverable as a debt. Money payable to a local housing authority is not to be treated as recovered housing benefit or universal credit, but the Secretary of State may make regulations providing how local authorities are to deal with money recovered.