Regulation 3 Other provisions coming into force on 1st May 2026

The following provisions of the 2025 Act, in so far as not already in force, come into force on 1st May 2026—

(a)

section 25(3) (accommodation for homeless people: duties of local authority);

(b)

Chapter 3 of Part 1 (discrimination in the rental market: England);

(c)

Chapter 6 of Part 1 (stating the proposed rent and rental bidding);

(d)

section 58 (penalties for unlawful eviction or harassment of occupier);

(e)

section 62 (student accommodation that is not an HMO);

(f)

section 74 (Local Commissioners’ investigation of complaints by persons who are not tenants);

(g)

section 97 (financial assistance by the Secretary of State);

(h)

section 98 (rent repayment orders) except—

(i)

subsection (2)(d) (rent repayment orders for offences under sections 67 and 92 of the 2025 Act);

(ii)

subsections (5)(a)(i) and (ii) and 6(a)(i) and (ii), so far as they insert references to offences under section 67 of the 2025 Act (offences: landlord redress schemes) and section 92 of that Act (offences: private rented sector database).

(i)

section 102 and Schedule 5 (financial penalties) except so far as they relate to section 66 of the 2025 Act (financial penalties: landlord redress schemes) and section 91 of that Act (financial penalties: private rented sector database);

(j)

section 103 (rent repayment orders: liability of landlords and superior landlords);

(k)

section 104 (rent repayment orders: liability of directors etc) but not paragraph (e) of the definition of “specified offence” in the inserted section 51A(4) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016^f1;

(l)

section 105 (unlicensed HMOs and houses: offences);

(m)

section 106 (service of improvement notices on landlords and licensors);

(n)

section 107 (enforcement by local housing authorities: general duty);

(o)

section 108 (enforcement by local housing authorities: duty to notify);

(p)

section 109 (enforcement by county councils: duty to notify).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2016 c. 22.