# Renters’ Rights Act 2025, Paragraph 15

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Section 19 (change in person liable to comply with improvement notice) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) In subsection (1), the reference to a person ceasing to be a “person of the relevant category”—
(a) in the case of an improvement notice served on a landlord or superior landlord under paragraph A1(3) of Schedule 1, is a reference to the person ceasing to hold the estate in the premises by virtue of which the person was the landlord or superior landlord, and
(b) in any other case, is a reference to the person ceasing to fall within the description of person (such as, for example, the holder of a licence under Part 2 or 3 or the person managing a dwelling) by reference to which the notice was served on the person.”
(3) In subsection (7), for “or (9)” substitute “, (9) or (10)”.
(4) After subsection (9) insert—
“(10) If—
(a) the original recipient was served as a landlord or superior landlord under paragraph A1(3) of Schedule 1, and
(b) the original recipient ceases as from the changeover date to be a person of the relevant category as a result of ceasing to hold the estate in the premises by virtue of which the person was the landlord or superior landlord,
the new holder of the estate or, if the estate has ceased to exist, the reversioner, is the “liable person”.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/26/schedule/4/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025/schedule-4/paragraph-15
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