http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/4/section/5BTenant Fees Act 2019An Act to make provision prohibiting landlords and letting agents from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken; to make provision about the payment of holding deposits; to make provision about enforcement and about the lead enforcement authority; to amend the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 about information to be provided by letting agents; to make provision about client money protection schemes; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-19Expert Participation2026-06-22 5B1A term of an agreement between a letting agent and a relevant person which breaches section 5A is not binding on a relevant person.2Where a term of an agreement is not binding on a relevant person as a result of this section, the agreement continues, so far as practicable, to have effect in every other respect.Ss. 5A, 5B and cross-heading inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 9(4), 145(1)(8) (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(a)