Section 17 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Duration and effect of banning order

Duration and effect of banning order 17 1 A banning order must specify the length of each ban imposed by the order.

2 A ban must last at least 12 months.

3 A banning order may contain exceptions to a ban for some or all of the period to which the ban relates and the exceptions may be subject to conditions.

4 A banning order may, for example, contain exceptions—

a to deal with cases where there are existing tenancies and the landlord does not have the power to bring them to an immediate end, or b to allow letting agents to wind down current business.