New Clause 5 - Repeal of requirement for selective licensing

Part of Renters’ Rights Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:15 pm ar 5 Tachwedd 2024.

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Photo of Roger Gale Roger Gale Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means 2:15, 5 Tachwedd 2024

With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 9—Changes to discretionary licensing—

“(1) The Housing Act 2004 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 60(2), omit ‘five’ and insert ‘ten’.

(3) In section 84(2), omit ‘five’ and insert ‘ten’.

(4) In section 90(1), at the end of the subsection insert ‘or its condition and contents’.”

This new clause would increase the maximum duration of discretionary licensing schemes from five to ten years and would enable local authorities operating selective licensing schemes to use licence conditions to improve housing conditions.