{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/50",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Limited prohibition on assignment etc. without consent.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, it shall be an implied term of every assured tenancy which is a periodic tenancy that, except with the consent of the landlord, the tenant shall not—\n(a) assign the tenancy (in whole or in part); or\n(b) sub-let or part with possession of the whole or any part of the dwelling-house let on the tenancy.\n(2) Section 19 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (consents to assign not to be unreasonably withheld etc.) shall not apply to a term which is implied into an assured tenancy by subsection (1) above.\n(3) In the case of a periodic tenancy which is not a statutory periodic tenancy or an assured periodic tenancy arising under Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 subsection (1) above does not apply if—\n(a) there is a provision (whether contained in the tenancy or not) under which the tenant is prohibited (whether absolutely or conditionally) from assigning or sub-letting or parting with possession or is permitted (whether absolutely or conditionally) to assign, sub-let or part with possession; or\n(b) a premium is required to be paid on the grant or renewal of the tenancy.\n(4) In subsection (3)(b) above “premium” includes—\n(a) any fine or other like sum;\n(b) any other pecuniary consideration in addition to rent; and\n(c) any sum paid by way of deposit, other than one which does not exceed one-sixth of the annual rent payable under the tenancy immediately after the grant or renewal in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(3) omitted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 2 para. 27 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 75:1), s. 194, Sch. 11 para. 102"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1927 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:37.392139+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."
}