Renters’ Rights Act 2025

145 Commencement E+W+S

(1) This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint, subject to subsections (2) to (6).

(2) This Act comes into force for the purposes of making regulations on the day on which it is passed.

(3) Chapter 4 of Part 1 comes into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(4) Chapter 5 of Part 1 comes into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint (see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10), as a result of which such regulations are to be made by Scottish statutory instrument).

(5) The following come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) Chapter 2 of Part 1;

(b) section 59;

(c) section 110;

(d) Chapter 3 of Part 4.

(6) Section 111 and this Part come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(7) Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes, subject to subsection (8).

(8) Different days may be appointed for different purposes in relation to Chapter 1 of Part 1 only so that—

(a) one day is appointed for the purposes of assured tenancies that are not social housing assured tenancies, and

(b) one or more different days are appointed for the purposes of social housing assured tenancies;

and here “social housing assured tenancy” means an assured tenancy of social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008) where the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 145 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 145(6)