s 54 Meaning of “letting agent” and related expressions
(1) In this Part “ letting agent ” means a person who engages in letting agency work (whether or not that person engages in other work). (2) But a person is not a letting agent for the purposes of this Part if the person engages in letting agency work in the course of that person's employment under a contract of employment. (3) In this Part “ letting agency work ” means things done by a person in the course of a business in response to instructions received from— (a) a person (“a prospective landlord”) seeking to find another person to whom to let housing, or (b) a person (“a prospective tenant”) seeking to find housing to rent. (4) But “ letting agency work ” does not include any of the following things when done by a person who does nothing else within subsection (3)— (a) publishing advertisements or disseminating information; (b) providing a means by which a prospective landlord or a prospective tenant can, in response to an advertisement or dissemination of information, make direct contact with a prospective tenant or a prospective landlord; (c) providing a means by which a prospective landlord and a prospective tenant can communicate directly with each other. (5) In this Part “ English letting agency work ” means letting agency work that relates to housing in England.