{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-tenancies-right-to-repair-scheme-regulations-1985/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1493",
  "legislation_title": "The Secure Tenancies (Right to Repair Scheme) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-tenancies-right-to-repair-scheme-regulations-1985",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These regulations contain the statutory scheme entitling a secure tenant in England or Wales to carry out repairs to his dwelling-house and to receive payment from his landlord.\nThe tenant's claim to carry out repairs is dealt with in paragraphs 2 and 3 and the landlord's notice in reply in paragraphs 4 to 8. Under paragraph 9, provision is made for a tenant to serve a default notice where the landlord has failed to comply with the requirements of the scheme. Paragraph 10 deals with the landlord's response to a default notice, paragraph 11 with the carrying out of the works by the tenant and paragraph 12 with the tenant's claim for payment. The landlord's notice in reply to a claim for payment is provided for in paragraphs 13 to 15, the possibility of further works by the tenant and further claims for payment in paragraphs 16 to 21 and the landlord's acceptance of a claim or further claim for payment in paragraph 22. Paragraph 22 also provides for the amount to be payable by the landlord to the tenant and paragraph 23 for notice and manner of payment. Paragraph 24 deals with agreements between the landlord and the tenant for variation of the works to be carried out under the scheme or for other changes and paragraph 25 with the suspension of the landlord's repairing obligation. Paragraph 26 provides for disputes under the scheme to be determined by the county court.\nAnnex A to the scheme sets out the forms to be used as provided in paragraphs 3 to 10. Annex B sets out the grounds for refusal of a tenant's claim to carry out repairs and Annex C the grounds for refusal of a tenant's claim for payment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1493/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:03:05.730495+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."
}