RENTERS RIGHTS ACT 2025 – THE FINAL COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

The final regulations have been published:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/421/contents/made

Confirmation that:

The regulations apply to the private rented sector (social landlords can look forward to the same changes, probably later this year);
As previously announced, for student landlords Ground 4A Notice can be served between 1 May and 31 July for existing tenancies making notice period 2 months instead of the four months in future years;
Rent increases using Section 13 Notice prioor to 1 May will be valid
- From 1 May 2026, future rent increases cannot be before 12 months after the previous increase. Landlords cannot get round this by putting in place a new agreement, they will have to wait 12 months from the rent increase date to put a new Section 13 in place;
Rent Repayment Orders and Civil Penalties
- Offences from before 1 May 2026 will have current penalties, not the new more strict penalties introduced under the Act
- UNLESS
- Offences that started before 1 May 2026 continue past that date. The time of the offence after 1 May 2026 will incur the penalties introduced under the Act.

These and other transitional points together with the new rules will be covered in the training course being put on by the CRLA (open to all landlords, not just CRLA members).

Booking form: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:7fbe9ffb-0d97-4e88-8e87-188632a11452