Which idiot would you suggest would issue a summonse for some one not purchasing a hip form to help them sell

Question

Is the law society really serious when they suggest that someone who does not purchase a hip form prior to attempting to sell their property is breaking the law? If so which planet did they come from

Answer 1

It is not the Law Society. It is the government.

Full details of the relevant Legislation will be found in the

Housing Act 2004, The Home Information Pack Regulations (No.2) 2007 and The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspection) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007.

Section 168 of the 2004 Act provides that where an authorised officer of an enforcement authority (that is, a local weights and measures authority) believes that a responsible person has committed a breach of the home information pack duties, that officer may give a penalty charge notice. Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act provides that the penalty charge specified in the notice shall be prescribed by regulations and shall not exceed £500.

Regulation 35 sets the penalty charge initially at £200. It should be noted that payment of this penalty charge does not entitle the person to continue marketing the property in breach of the home information pack duties. To do so could render that person liable to further penalty charge notices. If the person is an estate agent, it also amounts to an “undesirable practice” for the purposes of section 3(1)(d) of the Estate Agents Act 1979, and would render them liable to action by the Office of Fair Trading. This could result in a banning order which would prevent them from continuing to trade (see section 175 of the 2004 Act).

Answer 2

It is not the Law Societies fault, they did not make the new regulations the government did.

Answer 3

Not only are they serious but it is already mandatory.   But they are still a farce