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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no-8-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/393",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016-commencement-no-8-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force on 6th April 2018 all those provisions of Part 2 of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) (“the Act”) which are not already in force. These relate to rogue landlords and property agents in England.\nChapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act makes provision for banning orders (orders made by the First-tier Tribunal banning a person from certain activities where they have been convicted of a banning order offence). This includes provision for the duration and effect of a banning order. Chapter 3 of Part 2 makes provision in relation to the database of rogue landlords and property agents. This requires the Secretary of State to establish and operate a database of rogue landlords and property agents. Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Act makes provision in relation to rent repayment orders. A rent repayment order is an order made by the First-tier Tribunal requiring a landlord to repay a specified amount of rent.\nSchedules 1 to 3 make supplemental provision in relation to banning orders.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/393/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:51.838482+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."
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