Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and applicationF1I1
England and Wales
These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st October 2015.
In these Regulations “the Act” means the Housing Act 1988.
Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations apply in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England granted on or after 1st October 2015.
These Regulations do not apply to an assured shorthold tenancy that came into being under section 5(2) of the Housing Act 1988 on or after 1st October 2015 on the coming to an end of an assured shorthold tenancy that was granted before that date.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regulations revoked only in relation to private assured tenancies (1.5.2026) by The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) and Tenancies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/325), regs. 1(1), 10 (with savings in regs. 1(3), 12(2))
Commencement
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Reg. 1 in force at 1.10.2015, see reg. 1(1)