The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2018

Made: 21st March 2018

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 216(3) and (4) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016[^f00001], makes the following Regulations:

Citation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2018.

Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2018

2

In so far as they are not already commenced, the following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 come into force on 6th April 2018—

• (a) sections 13 to 48;

• (b) Schedules 1 to 3.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Heather Wheeler — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government — 21st March 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations bring into force on 6th April 2018 all those provisions of Part 2 of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) (“the Act”) which are not already in force. These relate to rogue landlords and property agents in England.

Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act makes provision for banning orders (orders made by the First-tier Tribunal banning a person from certain activities where they have been convicted of a banning order offence).This includes provision for the duration and effect of a banning order.Chapter 3 of Part 2 makes provision in relation to the database of rogue landlords and property agents.This requires the Secretary of State to establish and operate a database of rogue landlords and property agents.Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Act makes provision in relation to rent repayment orders.A rent repayment order is an order made by the First-tier Tribunal requiring a landlord to repay a specified amount of rent.

Schedules 1 to 3 make supplemental provision in relation to banning orders.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 c. 22.