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