motion_title: New Clause 34: Renters (Reform) Bill
motion_text: New Clause 34 - Rent repayment orders:  liability of directors etc
  “In the Housing and Planning Act 2016, after section 51 insert—
  “51A Landlord which is body corporate: liability of directors etc
  (1) This section applies where—
  (a) a landlord which is a body corporate has committed an offence to which this Chapter applies, and
  (b) the offence—
  (i) was committed with the consent or connivance of a relevant person in relation to the body corporate, or of a person purporting to act in the capacity of a relevant person in relation to the body corporate, or
  (ii) was a specified offence and was attributable to any neglect on the part of such a person.
  (2) That person, as well as the body corporate, is treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having committed the offence.
  (3) In this Chapter a reference to the landlord includes that person.
  (4) In this section—
  “relevant person” means—
  (a) in relation to a body corporate other than one the affairs of which are managed by its members, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body;
  (b) in relation to a body corporate the affairs of which are managed by its members, a member who exercises functions of management with respect to it;
  “specified offence” means an offence under—
  (a) section 1(2) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977;
  (b) section 30(1), 32(1), 72(1) or 95(1) of the Housing Act 2004;
  (c) section 21 of this Act;
  (d) section 48(1), (2) or (3) or 69(2), (3) or (4) of the Renters (Reform) Act 2024.”.”—(Jacob Young.)