Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026.

(2)

This regulation and regulation 3 come into force on 15th December 2026.

(3)

The remaining regulations come into force—

(a)

for the purposes of entries in respect of persons who are residential landlords^f1 in relation to dwellings which are located in a region specified in the first column of the table, on the date specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table;

(b)

for the purposes of entries in respect of dwellings which are located in a region specified in the first column of the table, on the date specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table;

(c)

for all other purposes, on 15th September 2027.

Region	Date of coming into force of regulations
West Midlands	15th December 2026
East of England	15th January 2027
East Midlands	15th February 2027
South East	15th March 2027
Yorkshire and Humber	15th April 2027
North West	15th May 2027
North East	15th June 2027
London	15th July 2027
South West	15th August 2027

(4)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(5)

In this regulation—

(a)

a reference to a named region is to the region of that name specified in the first column of the table in Schedule 1, and has the extent specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that table;

(b)

“dwelling” means a dwelling that is let under a residential tenancy^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Residential landlord is defined for the purposes of Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 in section 63 of that Act.
f2: Residential tenancy is defined for the purposes of Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 in section 63 of that Act.