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£30k fine for landlords who do not provide a valid EICR for their rental properties

Legh Richardson
Is this actually true or is it some estate agent cashing in on lost income?

The reason why I ask, what appears to be a daft question, is that a friend has just received notification from the estate agent who sold the property 15 years ago that their property, which is now being rented, must be inspected and tested for compliance to 18th ed. Not that I was unaware of this requirement!

I just thought the £30k punishment for disobedience was a little steep. Or maybe  'bribery and corruption' or  'threatening behaviour' was the new Inspection and testing idiom.?

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    Oh dear! I think that we have discussed this before.


    R.11 of The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020


    Financial penalties for breach of duties

    11.—(1) Where a local housing authority is satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that a private landlord has breached a duty under regulation 3, the authority may impose a financial penalty (or more than one penalty in the event of a continuing failure) in respect of the breach.



    (2) A financial penalty—



    (a)may be of such amount as the authority imposing it determines; but



    (b)must not exceed £30,000.


    So £30k is the max. Appeal is to the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.


    I have also discussed this with a judge of the Chamber and they are not expecting a flood-gate of appeals. If this really was going to be a problem, I am certain that the Chamber would be preparing for it.
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    Oh dear! I think that we have discussed this before.


    R.11 of The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020


    Financial penalties for breach of duties

    11.—(1) Where a local housing authority is satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that a private landlord has breached a duty under regulation 3, the authority may impose a financial penalty (or more than one penalty in the event of a continuing failure) in respect of the breach.



    (2) A financial penalty—



    (a)may be of such amount as the authority imposing it determines; but



    (b)must not exceed £30,000.


    So £30k is the max. Appeal is to the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.


    I have also discussed this with a judge of the Chamber and they are not expecting a flood-gate of appeals. If this really was going to be a problem, I am certain that the Chamber would be preparing for it.
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