Commentary on provisions of Act Section 24: Lead enforcement authority
This section establishes a lead enforcement authority for the purposes of the relevant letting agency legislation.
	The lead enforcement authority may be the Secretary of State, or, a local weights and measures authority with which the Secretary of State makes arrangements to be the lead enforcement authority.
	This section provides that the lead enforcement authority has enforcement functions in relation to:
this Act;
Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 as it applies in relation to housing in England;
the requirements on letting agents to be a member of a redress scheme under an order under section 83(1) or 84(1) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and
the requirements to be a member of a client money protection scheme under regulations under sections 133 to 135 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
	This section also gives the Secretary of State the power, by regulations, to make transitional or saving provisions when there is a change in lead enforcement authority.