[33A Offences: landlords]
Immigration Act 2014 (2014 c 22) | Legislation

[Offences]

[33A  Offences: landlords]

[(1)     The landlord under a residential tenancy agreement which relates to premises in England commits an offence if the first and second conditions are met.

(2)     The first condition is that the premises are occupied by an adult who is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying premises under a residential tenancy agreement.

(3)     The second condition is that the landlord knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the premises are occupied by an adult who is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying premises under a residential tenancy agreement.

(4)     But unless subsection (5) applies the landlord does not commit

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