The Duty of Letting Agents to Publicise Fees (Exclusion) (Wales) Regulations 2016

• Citation: S.I. 2016/178 (W.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Duty of Letting Agents to Publicise Fees (Exclusion) (Wales) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 15 March 2016.

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

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

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

“the 2015 Act ” (“ Deddf 2015 ”) means the Consumer Rights Act 2015;

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

“legal activity” (“ gweithgarwch cyfreithiol ”) has the meaning given by section 12 of the 2007 Act.

Section 3 Persons who are not letting agents

For the purpose 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.