Primary Legislation. With this in place no additional patient consent would be required although we are likely to still invite patients to provide ‘permission to view’ at point of care.
Primary Legislation. The Act contains provisions to give protection to tenancy deposits for assured shorthold tenancies. These provisions are aimed at removing the risk of misappropriation of tenants’ Deposits by Landlords and letting agents. The Act places the appropriate national authority under a duty to make arrangements for securing one or more tenancy deposit schemes to safeguard all new Deposits paid in connection with assured shorthold tenancies. This section summarises the key provisions relating to tenancy deposit schemes. These are found in Sections 212 to 215 and Schedule 10 of the Act. This section is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the relevant sections of the Act and the Authority accepts no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies contained herein. Section 212 Section 212 (tenancy deposit schemes) provides for: The appropriate national authority to make arrangements to ensure that one or more tenancy deposit schemes (custodial and/or insurance based schemes) are available for the purpose of safeguarding tenancy deposits paid in connection with shorthold tenancies. and to facilitate the resolution of disputes arising in connection with such Deposits; Power for the appropriate national authority, to provide financial assistance to scheme administrators and/or guarantee the discharge of any financial obligation incurred by the scheme administrator in connection with the scheme arrangements.. However, the appropriate national authority is under no obligation to make any financial contribution towards the operation or setting up of Schemes and the Schemes are expected to be self-financing. the appropriate national authority to make regulations giving powers to, or conferring duties upon, scheme administrators in connection with the schemes. The scheme arrangements may require the scheme administrator to give the appropriate national authority any information and facilities for obtaining information it may require. Section 213 Section 213 (requirements relating to tenancy deposits) provides for a landlord or agent (irrespective of whether a Deposit is paid prior to commencement of a tenancy) to ensure that any Deposit taken is safeguarded by a tenancy deposit scheme within 14 days beginning on the day on which it is received, and that the Landlord provides the tenant with information prescribed by the appropriate national authority as to the scheme which is safeguarding the Deposit and the details of the relevant legislative protection afforded. The...
