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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenant-fees-act-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenant-fees-act-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/4",
  "legislation_title": "Tenant Fees Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenant-fees-act-2019",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject as follows, the person who received the holding deposit must repay it if—\n(a) the landlord and the tenant enter into a tenancy agreement relating to the housing,\n(b) the landlord decides before the deadline for agreement not to enter into a tenancy agreement relating to the housing, or\n(c) the landlord and the tenant fail to enter into a tenancy agreement relating to the housing before the deadline for agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.6.2019 by S.I. 2019/857, reg. 3(aa)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/4/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:24.931982+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."
}