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While institutional landlords will comply with this request, the law does not allow for these situations. It requires that a licence is applied for at the earliest opportunity. Failure to apply for a licence, even at the request of the local authority, leaves institutional landlords in breach of the Act and liable to a rent repayment order, despite the circumstances being entirely out of their control. Amendment 269 would address this problem by allowing the local authority to issue a temporary exemption where it must extend the time needed to process applications.