Rule 2 Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013

(1)

The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In rule 1(3) (interpretation), in the definition of “residential property case”—

(a)

after “1960,” insert “the Protection from Eviction Act 1977^f2,”;

(b)

after “1985,” insert “the Housing Act 1988^f3,”;

(c)

for “the 2004 Act or”, substitute “the 2004 Act,”;

(d)

after “2016” insert “or the Renters’ Rights Act 2025^f4”.

(3)

In rule 13(1ZA)(b) (orders for costs, reimbursement of fees and interest on costs), after “non-shorthold)” insert “except in the case of proceedings brought under paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 2ZA to that Act (financial penalties under sections 16I and 16K)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/1169. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/2128, 2017/723, 2022/1030, 2023/1280.
f2: 1977 c. 43. Section 58 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26) inserts sections 1(7) and 1A and Schedule A1, by virtue of which appeals may be made to the First-tier Tribunal against penalties imposed under those provisions.
f3: 1988 c. 50. Sections 15 and 16 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 insert sections 16I, 16J, 16K and 16L and Schedule 2ZA, by virtue of which appeals may be made to the First-tier Tribunal against penalties imposed under those provisions.
f4: 2025 c. 26.