The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/1354
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025.

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 27th December 2025

The following provisions of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 come into force on 27th December 2025—

(a) for the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 4 (investigatory powers)—

(i) section 63, so far as it provides for the meaning of “residential landlord” and “residential tenancy”;

(ii) section 99, so far as it provides for the meaning of marketing a dwelling for the purposes of creating a residential tenancy;

(iii) section 100(1) and (5), so far as it provides for the meaning of “qualifying residential premises” in the inserted section 2B of the Housing Act 2004 ;

(b) section 100(6) (amendments of Acts), so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (c) of this regulation;

(c) in Part 1 of Schedule 4 (amendments of Housing Act 2004)—

(i) paragraphs 1 and 9(1), so far as they relate to the provision in sub-paragraph (ii) of this paragraph;

(ii) paragraph 9(3), so far as it provides for the insertion of new subsection (1A) into section 9 of the Housing Act 2004 but excluding paragraph (a) of that subsection.