Clause 55 - Tests for fitness etc. and satisfactory management arrangements
Housing Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Robert Syms (Poole, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 271, in
clause 55, page 35, line 34, at end insert—
'(1A) On application for a licence, ''P'' will be required to make a full disclosure of any recorded convictions on the sex offenders' register to the licensing authority.
(1B) Before the local authority awards a licence it will be required to validate both the identity of ''P'' and information supplied by ''P'' with the national sex offenders register.
(1C) Every HMO manager within an authority's area of jurisdiction will be required to report to that licensing authority any sexual offence conviction gained since the award of an HMO manager's registration.
(1D) Every year, local authorities will be required to check the names of all HMO managers within the area of their jurisdiction against the sex offenders' register.'.