The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) Order 2014
Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Immigration Act 2014 (“the Act”) provides a statutory excuse for landlords and their agents from being required to pay a civil penalty when the landlords or agents conduct prescribed identity checks on prospective occupiers and those occupiers who are renewing their tenancy agreements. This Order sets out the prescribed requirements for the prescribed identity checks which must be complied with by landlords when entering into a residential tenancy agreement. This Order also brings the statutory Codes of Practice into force.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
28 Oct 2014
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In force
01 Dec 2014
Enabling power
In accordance with section 33(3) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the bodies specified in that section about a code of practice specifying what a landlord or agent should or should not do to avoid contravening the Equality Act 2010, so far as relating to race, or the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, published a draft code, considered any representations made about the published draft code and laid a draft code before Parliament.
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