{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/20",
  "legislation_title": "Deregulation Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Tenancy deposits: non-compliance with requirements",
  "text": "(1) Chapter 4 of Part 6 of the Housing Act 2004 (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 214 (proceedings relating to tenancy deposits), in subsection (1), after “shorthold tenancy” insert “ on or after 6 April 2007 ”.\n(3) In section 215 (sanctions for non-compliance)—\n(a) for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) Subject to subsection (2A), if (whether before, on or after 6 April 2007) a tenancy deposit has been paid in connection with a shorthold tenancy, no section 21 notice may be given in relation to the tenancy at a time when the deposit is not being held in accordance with an authorised scheme.\n(1A) Subject to subsection (2A), if a tenancy deposit has been paid in connection with a shorthold tenancy on or after 6 April 2007, no section 21 notice may be given in relation to the tenancy at a time when section 213(3) has not been complied with in relation to the deposit.”;\n(b) in subsection (2A), after “Subsections (1)” insert “ , (1A) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 31 omitted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 2 para. 73(a) (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/20/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:53.696731+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}