Section 94 Entries under section 83: minor and consequential amendmentsI1

The Housing and Planning Act 2016 is amended as follows.

In section 28 (database of rogue landlords and property agents), after subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

In relation to rogue landlords, see also the database established under section 75 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.”

In section 29 (duty to include person with banning order), after subsection (2) insert—

“(3)

In this section, references to a “banning order” are to a banning order made—

(a)

before the day on which Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 comes into force, or

(b)

on or after that day if—

(i)

the order does not ban the person against whom it is made from letting housing in England, or

(ii)

the order relates to an offence to which subsection (4) applies.

(4)

This subsection applies to an offence which was committed by a person who at the time was neither—

(a)

a residential landlord as defined in Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (see sections 63 and 99(2) of that Act), nor

(b)

marketing a dwelling for the purpose of creating a residential tenancy, as defined for the purposes of that Part of that Act (see section 99(3) to (7) of that Act).”

In section 30 (power to include person convicted of banning order offence), after subsection (7)—

“(8)

In this section, references to a “banning order offence” are to a banning order offence committed—

(a)

before the day on which Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 comes into force, or

(b)

on or after that day if it is an offence to which subsection (9) applies.

(9)

This subsection applies to a banning order offence which was committed by a person who at the time was neither—

(a)

a residential landlord as defined in Part 2 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (see sections 63 and 99(2) of that Act), nor

(b)

marketing a dwelling for the purpose of creating a residential tenancy, as defined for the purposes of that Part of that Act (see section 99(3) to (7) of that Act).”