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Regulation 2 Compliance with prescribed legal requirementsF1I1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the requirements prescribedf1 for the purposes of section 21A of the Act are the requirements contained in—

(a)

regulation 6(5) of the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012f2 (requirement to provide an energy performance certificate to a tenant or buyer free of charge); and

(b)

paragraph (6) or (as the case may be) paragraph (7) of regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998f3 (requirement to provide tenant with a gas safety certificate).

(2)

For the purposes of section 21A of the Act, the requirement prescribed by paragraph (1)(b) is limited to the requirement on a landlord to give a copy of the relevant record to the tenant and the 28 day period for compliance with that requirement does not apply.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 1.10.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

Section 45(1) of the Act provides that “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations.

f2

S.I. 2012/3118.

f3

S.I. 1998/2451.