{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-rented-sector-database-regulations-2026/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-rented-sector-database-regulations-2026/regulation-12.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/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Reactivation of entries",
  "text": "(1) An inactive landlord entry may only be reactivated by—\n(a) a person who is specified in the entry as the person who is, or intends to become, a residential landlord unless a banning order is in force against that person, or\n(b) a person who—\n(i) falls within sub-paragraphs (a) to (j) of paragraph 17 of Schedule 2, or\n(ii) is a mortgagee or an agent appointed by the mortgagee where the circumstances in regulation 4(4) exist.\n(2) An inactive dwelling entry may only be reactivated by—\n(a) a person who is specified in the entry as a person who is, or intends to become, a residential landlord in relation to the dwelling, unless a banning order is in force against that person, or\n(b) a person who—\n(i) falls within sub-paragraphs (a) to (j) of paragraph 17 of Schedule 2, or\n(ii) a mortgagee or an agent appointed by the mortgagee where the circumstances in regulation 4(4) exist.\n(3) An inactive dwelling entry may not be reactivated unless there is an active landlord entry for a person who is, or intends to become, a residential landlord in relation to the dwelling.\n(4) Where an active dwelling entry became inactive by virtue of regulation 11(2)(a), that entry may not be reactivated unless—\n(a) the information and documents specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 are provided, unless the person reactivating the entry falls within paragraph 17 of Schedule 2, or\n(b) the dwelling is no longer under let.\n(5) The relevant fee must be paid by the person reactivating a dwelling entry where the entry is reactivated—\n(a) after the previous renewal date;\n(b) before the previous renewal date but where the operation of regulation 10(4) means the new renewal date of that dwelling entry will be after the previous renewal date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348286861/regulation/12",
    "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."
}