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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/references-to-rating-housing-regulations-1990/schedule/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/434",
  "legislation_title": "The References to Rating (Housing) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/references-to-rating-housing-regulations-1990",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Rent Act 1977",
  "text": "After section 5(2) insert—\n“(2A) A tenancy is not a protected tenancy if—\n(a) it is entered into on or after the 1st April 1990 (otherwise than, where the dwelling-house under the tenancy had a rateable value on 31st March 1990, in pursuance of a contract made before 1st April 1990), and\n(b) under the tenancy for the time being either no rent is payable or the rent is payable at a rate of, if the dwelling-house is in Greater London, £1,000 or less a year, and, if the dwelling-house is elsewhere, £250 or less a year.\n(2B) Subsection (7) of section 4 above shall apply to any amount referred to in subsection (2A) above as it applies to the amount referred to in subsection (4) of that section.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/701",
      "affecting_title": "The References to Rating (Housing) (Amendment) Regulations 1990"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/434/schedule/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:26:06.196123+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."
}