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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) bought about by the 2004 Housing Act introduced from the 6th April 2007 a mandatory system for all assured shorthold tenancy deposits. No longer are landlords able to hold deposits independently. Instead they must choose between a: * Custodial scheme or * Insurance scheme (there are two) The Custodial Scheme Th According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product e custodial scheme is free to use. Its’ running costs being financed using part of the interest generated from the deposit monies it holds. It involves the landlord having to hand over the deposit monies to a third party organization called the Deposit Protection Service (DPS). This company is managed by Computershare Ltd who have for the last 8 ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in ears have run a similar scheme in the state of Victoria, Australia. The scheme requires landlords to pay to DPS either through a paper based payment or online the entire deposit amount taken on the grant of the tenancy. How does it work? * The tenant pays the landlord or letting agent their deposit. * The landlord/agent pays the deposit into The lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. DPS within 14 days of receiving it. * Following receipt of the deposit, The DPS will provide confirmation and details of the protection scheme being used to both the landlord/agent and the tenant. * At the end of the tenancy, the landlord/agent and the tenant agree repayment of the deposit and inform the scheme administrators. The deposit repaymen here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe t, divided accordingly and including any interest accrued, will be initiated to each party within 10 days. * If there is a dispute, The DPS administrators return any undisputed amount (plus interest) to the relevant party, but hold the disputed portion until the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service or the courts decide what is fair. Examp d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro e 1 A tenant pays a deposit of ?700. At the end of the tenancy, the landlord says he wishes to keep ?50 to pay for cleaning the flat. The tenant agrees. ?650 (plus interest) is returned to the tenant and ?50 (plus interest) is returned to the landlord. Example 2 A tenant pays a deposit of ?1,000. At the end of the tenancy, the landlord sa ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc s he wishes to keep ?200 to pay for replacing damaged furniture. The tenant disagrees, claiming the furniture was damaged before they moved in. Both agree to use the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service. ?800 (plus interest) is returned to the tenant, but the disputed ?200 (plus interest) is safeguarded until the dispute is settled by the easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi ADR service administrator, and repaid according to the decision. The Insurance Schemes www.mydeposits.co.uk www.tds.gb.com The alternative is to use one of the two insurance backed schemes. Here landlords are able to retain the deposit monies but instead are required to take out insurance to protect the tenant against non return of the nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically deposit if a dispute arises at the end of the tenancy. Two contracts have been awarded by the Government; one to The Dispute Service Ltd, the other to Tenancy Deposit Solutions Ltd. The first company largely caters for agents rather than individual landlords. They are however working with the National Federation of Residential Landlords (NFRL) to and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ provide a service for individual landlords. This scheme requires payment of an annual registration fee and there is a charge each time they are notified of a deposit. The other provider is Tenancy Deposit Solutions Ltd which is sponsored by the National Landlords Association (NLA) and operated by Hamilton Fraser Insurance Services plc. This schem ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi is specifically aimed at individual landlords. How do the insurance schemes work? These details are based on the Tenancy Deposit Solution Ltd scheme. The tenant pays the deposit to the landlord as they do now. The landlord holds the deposit and notifies the Scheme Administrator that they have the deposit and that it should be protected. At the ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a end of the tenancy the landlord and tenant will agree what happens to the deposit. If the tenant is dissatisfied and complains to the Scheme Administrator, the landlord will be required to lodge within a set period of time the disputed amount with the Scheme Administrator. When the dispute is resolved, the lodged money will be repaid to the landlor dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod and tenant in accordance with agreement, dispute resolution, or court order. If the landlord fails to lodge the disputed amount with the Scheme Administrator, insurance arrangements will ensure the return of the disputed amount to the tenant when they are entitled to it, and recover the amount from the landlord. Tenancy Deposit Solution Ltd charg cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin s NLA members Non NLA members Scheme Joining Fee (per landlord) ?47.00 ?58.75 Protection Fee (per deposit) ?26.00 (first 4 deposits p.a., ?30 thereafter) ?30.00 Annual Scheme Renewal Fee ?14.70 ?14.70 Fees include VAT at the applicable rate Which scheme should I choose? For most small landlords with say 1 or 2 propertie tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen s the custodial scheme run by Tenant Deposit Service (DPS) is probably the most suitable. This is because with the current Base Rate at 5.5% you should receive over 3% pa interest after the DPS take their 2.32% cut. At this rate a landlord would have to hold deposits above the value of ?1500 to earn sufficient interest to cover the annual charge t? As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel f insuring just one property i.e. ?26 + ?14.70 = ?47.70. If two properties are involved because there is an additional charge of ?26, the amount of deposit that is required to make the insurance option viable would be considerably greater at ?3381. These calculations exclude the one off charge of at least ?47 to initially register with the scheme. ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust Landlords that take very high value deposits and have large portfolios will generally be better off using the insurance backed Tenancy Deposit Solutions scheme which allows them to retain all the interest earned. Landlords should remember that the situation is fluid. If the Base Rate falls; then the size of deposit required for the insurance back y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products ed scheme to be economic increases and visa versa. Landlords Concerns Concerns have been raised by some property owners that having to register a tenancy deposit through any of the schemes will mean that the Government Agencies, particularly the Inland Revenue, may be able to obtain access to the records if they consider there has been tax evasion . As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de Although the schemes incorporate appropriate data protection measures, the Inland Revenue has recently achieved a notable success in accessing details relating to foreign bank accounts as part of its measures to counteract tax evasion. Undoubtedly, the Government will be able to obtain some valuable data relating to the private rented sector from elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip tenancy deposit information. Therefore, some landlords may feel ‘uneasy’ about providing so many details about their property holdings to the Government. This is particularly the case given the recent high profile breaches in security witnessed by other Government backed schemes such as the website responsible for making junior doctor appointments tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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