The British government has published its Draft Tenants ' Fees Bill , setting out their plans to ban letting tenants charging fees to tenants . The proposed legislation would create a civil offence with fines of up to £ 5,000 for an initial breach of the ban , with criminal penalties and fines of up to £ 30,000 for repeat offenders . It also contains provisions to cap the amount that can be taken from tenants as a deposit and sets out new restrictions on returning it to them .
The British government has published its Draft Tenants' Fees Bill, setting out their plans to ban letting agents charging fees to tenants. The proposed legislation would create a civil offence with fines of up to £5,000 for an initial breach of the ban, with criminal sanctions and fines of up to £30,000 for repeat offenders. It also contains provisions to cap the amount that can be taken from tenants as a deposit and sets out new rules on returning it to them.