(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Specified Interest Rate) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) in England only. The 2007 Order specifies the rate of interest payable by a custodial tenancy deposit scheme on amounts of deposits repaid to tenants and landlords by the scheme at the end of a tenancy. The 2007 Order was only relevant so long as the arrangements under section 212(1) of the Housing Act 2004 (c.34) - that is, the arrangements under which the tenancy deposit schemes are established - provided for deposits repaid to tenants and landlords to be paid with interest. In England, those arrangements were changed in 2010 to provide that such amounts were no longer required to be paid with interest. The 2007 Order is therefore redundant in England.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.