{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-139.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/42",
  "legislation_title": "Rent Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977",
  "path": "section/139",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Obligation to notify sublettings of dwelling-houses let on or subject to protected or statutory tenancies.",
  "text": "(1) If the tenant of a dwelling-house let on or subject to a protected or statutory tenancy sublets any part of the dwelling-house on a protected tenancy, then, subject to subsection (2) below, he shall, within 14 days after the subletting, supply the landlord with a statement in writing of the subletting giving particulars of occupancy, including the rent charged.\n(2) Subsection (1) above shall not require the supply of a statement in relation to a subletting of any part of a dwelling-house if the particulars which would be required to be included in the statement as to the rent and other conditions of the sub-tenancy would be the same as in the last statement supplied in accordance with that subsection with respect to a previous subletting ofthat part.\n(3) A tenant who is required to supply a statement in accordance with subsection (1) above and who, without reasonable excuse—\n(a) fails to supply a statement, or\n(b) supplies a statement which is false in any material particular,\nshall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(4) In this section—\n(a) “protected tenancy” includes a protected occupancy under the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;\n(b) “statutory tenancy” includes a statutory tenancy under that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1976 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:12.956086+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."
}