Member

Amendments 267 to 269 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, relate to the passing of the Housing Act 2004. At that time, the institutional private rented sector did not exist. As a result, selective licensing provisions were drafted for smaller individual landlords. While selective licensing remains an important tool for local authorities that have deep-seated issues in their areas, the provisions of the Act may not work well for larger institutional landlords. To rectify this incompatibility, these three amendments seek to take account of the impact licensing has had on institutional landlords without undermining the intentions or principles of licensing.