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Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 951

Consumer Protection, England

The Duty of Letting Agents to Publicise Fees etc. (Exclusion) (England) Regulations 2015

Made

26th March 2015

Laid before Parliament

27th March 2015

Coming into force

27th May 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(3) of the Consumer Rights Act 2015( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Duty of Letting Agents to Publicise Fees etc. (Exclusion) (England) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 27th May 2015.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“the 2007 Act” means the Legal Services Act 2007 ( 2 );

“the 2015 Act” means the Consumer Rights Act 2015 ;

“an authorised person” has the meaning given by section 18 of the 2007 Act; and

“legal activity” has the meaning given by section 12 of the 2007 Act.

Persons who are not letting agents

3. For the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the 2015 Act, a person is not a letting agent if—

(a) the person is an authorised person; and

(b) the person is engaged in legal activity and does nothing else within section 86(1) of the 2015 Act.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Lord Ahmad

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

26th March 2015

( 1 )

2015 c. 15 .

( 2 )

2007 c. 29 .

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.
The Duty of Letting Agents to Publicise Feesetc.(Exclusion) (England) Regulations 2015 (2015/951)
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Defined Term Section/Article ID Scope of Application
an authorised person reg. 2. def_9653788a6c
legal activity reg. 2. def_2e10f15088
the 2007 Act reg. 2. def_722071f1b0
the 2015 Act reg. 2. def_d437ffc555

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