{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025/schedule-6/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025/schedule-6/paragraph-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/26",
  "legislation_title": "Renters’ Rights Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Key definitions",
  "text": "(1) “Residential premises” are premises that consist of or include one or more dwelling-houses in England.\n(2) A lease of residential premises (whether or not in writing) is a “relevant pre-application instrument” if it was entered into—\n(a) before the commencement date, or\n(b) on or after that date under a contract entered into before that date.\n(3) A mortgage arrangement which relates to residential premises is a “relevant pre-application instrument” if it was entered into—\n(a) before the commencement date, or\n(b) on or after that date by the acceptance of an offer made before that date.\n(4) A contract of insurance which relates to residential premises is a “relevant pre-application instrument” if it was entered into—\n(a) before the commencement date, or\n(b) on or after that date by the acceptance of an offer made before that date.\n(5) A section 106 obligation is a “relevant pre-application instrument” if it was entered into before the commencement date.\n(6) In relation to a relevant pre-application instrument, “affected dwelling-house” means—\n(a) if the relevant pre-application instrument is a lease, the dwelling-house, or each dwelling-house, let by the lease;\n(b) if the relevant pre-application instrument is a mortgage arrangement, the dwelling-house, or each dwelling-house, to which the mortgage arrangement relates;\n(c) if the relevant pre-application instrument is a contract of insurance, the dwelling-house, or each dwelling-house, to which the contract of insurance relates;\n(d) if the relevant pre-application instrument is a section 106 obligation, the dwelling-house, or each dwelling-house, to which the section 106 obligation relates.\n(7) In relation to times before the commencement date, an assured tenancy is a “relevant” assured tenancy if—\n(a) it is not an assured shorthold tenancy,\n(b) it is a periodic tenancy, and\n(c) each period of the tenancy is—\n(i) a period of 28 days or shorter, or\n(ii) a monthly period,\nincluding where there are different periods at different times, each of which falls within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii).\n(8) In relation to times on or after the commencement date, an assured tenancy is a “relevant” assured tenancy if—\n(a) it is a periodic tenancy, and\n(b) each period of the tenancy is—\n(i) a period of 28 days or shorter, or\n(ii) a monthly period,\nincluding where there are different periods at different times, each of which falls within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 19 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 145(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/26/schedule/6/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:46:43.804012+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."
}