5 Unlawful profit orders: civil proceedings
Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (2013 c 3) | Legislation

5  Unlawful profit orders: civil proceedings

(1)     The court may, on the application of the landlord of a dwelling-house let under a secure or an assured tenancy [or a secure contract], make an unlawful profit order if—

(a)     in the case of a secure tenancy, the conditions in subsection (3) are met, and

(b)     in the case of an assured tenancy [or a secure contract], the conditions in subsection (4) are met.

(2)     An “unlawful profit order” is an order requiring the tenant against whom it is made to pay the landlord an amount representing the profit made by the tenant from the conduct described in subsection (3)(a) or (4)(c).

(3)     The conditions in the case of a secure tenancy are that a tenant under the tenancy—

(a)     in breach of an express or implied term of the tenancy, has sub-let

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