http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/section/215AHousing Act 2004An Act to make provision about housing conditions; to regulate houses in multiple occupation and certain other residential accommodation; to make provision for home information packs in connection with the sale of residential properties; to make provision about secure tenants and the right to buy; to make provision about mobile homes and the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers; to make other provision about housing; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-12-29Expert Participation2025-12-27 Part 6 Other provisions about housingChapter 4Tenancy deposit schemes<Addition ChangeId="key-6b584d157e9b20e62cf3051912d526ae-1502137028754" CommentaryRef="key-6b584d157e9b20e62cf3051912d526ae">Statutory periodic tenancies: deposit received before 6 April 2007</Addition>215A1This section applies where—abefore 6 April 2007, a tenancy deposit has been received by a landlord in connection with a fixed term shorthold tenancy,bon or after that date, a periodic shorthold tenancy is deemed to arise under section 5 of the Housing Act 1988 on the coming to an end of the fixed term tenancy,con the coming to an end of the fixed term tenancy, all or part of the deposit paid in connection with the fixed term tenancy is held in connection with the periodic tenancy, anddthe requirements of section 213(3), (5) and (6) have not been complied with by the landlord in relation to the deposit held in connection with the periodic tenancy.2If, on the commencement date—athe periodic tenancy is in existence, andball or part of the deposit paid in connection with the fixed term tenancy continues to be held in connection with the periodic tenancy,section 213 applies in respect of the deposit that continues to be held in connection with the periodic tenancy, and any additional deposit held in connection with that tenancy, with the modifications set out in subsection (3).3The modifications are that, instead of the things referred to in section 213(3) and (5) being required to be done within the time periods set out in section 213(3) and (6)(b), those things are required to be done—abefore the end of the period of 90 days beginning with the commencement date, orb(if earlier) before the first day after the commencement date on which a court does any of the following in respect of the periodic tenancy—idetermines an application under section 214 or decides an appeal against a determination under that section;iimakes a determination as to whether to make an order for possession in proceedings under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 or decides an appeal against such a determination.4If, on the commencement date—athe periodic tenancy is no longer in existence, orbno deposit continues to be held in connection with the periodic tenancy,the requirements of section 213(3), (5) and (6) are treated as if they had been complied with by the landlord in relation to any deposit that was held in connection with the periodic tenancy.5In this section “the commencement date” means the date on which the Deregulation Act 2015 is passed.Ss. 215A-215C inserted (26.3.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 32, 115(1)(a)