Regulation 4 Amendment to Part 6 – exemptions and reliefs

in paragraph (2) for “four” substitute “five”;

after paragraph (7) insert—

“(7A)

Condition 5 is that—

(a)

the dwelling is let by a person who is not a local housing authority, a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996) on one of the following—

(i)

an assured tenancy (including an assured shorthold tenancy);

(ii)

an assured agricultural occupancy;

(iii)

an arrangement that would be an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy but for paragraph 12(1)(h) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988^f1; and

(b)

the following criteria are both met—

(i)

the dwelling is let to a person whose needs are not adequately served by the commercial housing market; and

(ii)

the rent is no more than 80 per cent of market rent (including service charges); and

(c)

a planning obligation under section 106 TCPA 1990 designed to ensure compliance with both criteria at sub-paragraph (b) has been entered into in respect of the planning permission which permits the chargeable development.”

in paragraph (11) for the definition of “national rent regime” substitute—

• ““national rent regime” means the rent policy set out in the Social Rent Guidance within the Rent Standard Guidance as published by the Regulator of Social Housing in January 2015.”