{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/421",
  "legislation_title": "The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Transitional provision relating to regulation 2: challenge to new rent proposed in a notice under section 13 given before 1st May 2026",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) before 1st May 2026 the landlord under an existing tenancy has served on the tenant a notice under section 13(2) of 1988 Act proposing a new rent to take effect on or after 1st May 2026, and\n(b) immediately before 1st May 2026 condition A or condition B is met.\n(2) Condition A is met if all of the following apply—\n(a) the tenant has not referred the notice to the appropriate tribunal under section 13(4)(a) of the 1988 Act,\n(b) a referral under that subsection is not time-barred, and\n(c) the landlord and tenant have not reached an agreement pursuant to paragraph (b) of that subsection.\n(3) Condition B is met if the tenant has referred the notice to the appropriate tribunal under section 13(4)(a) of the 1988 Act but the tribunal has not determined the rent under section 14 of that Act (determination of rent by tribunal).\n(4) Sections 13(4) and 14 of the 1988 Act continue to apply as they had effect immediately before 1st May 2026 in relation to the tenancy, until one of the following occurs—\n(a) referral of the notice to the appropriate tribunal has become time-barred,\n(b) the appropriate tribunal has determined a rent, or\n(c) the landlord and tenant have given written notice to the appropriate tribunal that they no longer require a determination to be made.\n(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(b) and (4)(a), a referral is “time-barred” where the notice served under section 13(2) of the 1988 Act has not been referred to the appropriate tribunal by the date specified in the notice as the date on which the new rent will take effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988 is amended by S.I. 2013/1036."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 14 of the Housing Act 1988 is amended by section 104 of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 8 to, the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), section 7 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, S.I. 1993/651 and S.I. 2013/1036."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/421/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:37.067518+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."
}