Thousands of British families who rent out their holiday homes in the Canary Islands are facing fines of £15,000 after being caught out by a little-known law that has not been enforced for years.
The regional government is sending out teams of inspectors to check if foreign nationals have written permission to rent out their properties.
Yet the regulations, introduced in 1995, have not been applied for more than a decade and the authorities even stopped issuing new licences in 2002.
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