{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-21F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-21F.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/70",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985",
  "path": "section/21F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21F",
  "heading": "Right to obtain information on request",
  "text": "(1) A tenant may require the landlord to provide information specified in regulations made by the appropriate authority.\n(2) The appropriate authority may specify information for the purposes of subsection (1) only if it relates to—\n(a) service charges, or\n(b) services, repairs, maintenance, improvements, insurance, or management of dwellings.\n(3) The landlord must provide the tenant with any of the information requested that is within the landlord’s possession.\n(4) The landlord must request information from another person if—\n(a) the information has been requested from the landlord under subsection (1),\n(b) the landlord does not possess the information when the request is made, and\n(c) the landlord believes that the other person possesses the information.\n(5) That person must provide the landlord with any of the information requested that is within that person’s possession.\n(6) A person (“A”) must request information from another person (“B”) if—\n(a) the information has been requested from A under subsection (4) or this subsection,\n(b) A does not possess the information when the request is made, and\n(c) A believes that B possesses the information.\n(7) B must provide A with any of the information requested that is within B’s possession.\n(8) The appropriate authority may by regulations—\n(a) provide for how a request is to be made under this section;\n(b) provide that a request under this section may not be made until the end of a particular period, or until another condition is met;\n(c) make provision as to the period within which a request under subsection (4) or (6) must be made;\n(d) provide for circumstances in which a duty to comply with a request under this section does not apply.\n(9) Section 21G makes further provision about requests under this section.\n(10) For the purposes of this section—\n(a) “information” includes a document containing information, and a copy of such a document;\n(b) references to a tenant include the secretary of a recognised tenants’ association representing the tenant, in circumstances where the tenant has consented to the association acting on the tenant’s behalf for the purposes of this section.\n(11) Regulations under this section—\n(a) are to be made by statutory instrument;\n(b) may make provision generally or only in relation to specific cases;\n(c) may make different provision for different purposes;\n(d) may include supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision.\n(12) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to the negative procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 21F-21H inserted (6.11.2026 for E. for specified purposes) by Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (c. 22), ss. 57(2), 124(3) (with s. 71); S.I. 2026/1128, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/21F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:39:22.013390+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."
}