# The Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026, 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348286861/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-rented-sector-database-regulations-2026/regulation-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.