{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-rented-sector-database-regulations-2026/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-rented-sector-database-regulations-2026/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348286861",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-rented-sector-database-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026.\n(2) This regulation and regulation 3 come into force on 15th December 2026.\n(3) The remaining regulations come into force—\n(a) for the purposes of entries in respect of persons who are residential landlords 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;\n(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;\n(c) for all other purposes, on 15th September 2027.\nRegion\nDate of coming into force of regulations\nWest Midlands\n15th December 2026\nEast of England\n15th January 2027\nEast Midlands\n15th February 2027\nSouth East\n15th March 2027\nYorkshire and Humber\n15th April 2027\nNorth West\n15th May 2027\nNorth East\n15th June 2027\nLondon\n15th July 2027\nSouth West\n15th August 2027\n(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.\n(5) In this regulation—\n(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;\n(b) “dwelling” means a dwelling that is let under a residential tenancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Residential landlord is defined for the purposes of Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 in section 63 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Residential tenancy is defined for the purposes of Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 in section 63 of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348286861/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:36:54.333565+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}