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One of the challenges of renting a property in the UK is the number of rules and regulations, there are around 180 items. The following is a list of some of the more substantive legal requirements you need to be aware of.

Where we manage your property we manage compliance with these on your behalf:

Accommodation Agencies Act 1953
Administration Charges (Summary of Rights Obligations) (England) Regulations 2007
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
Arbitration Act 1996
Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1997
Building Act 1984
Building Regulations 1991
Building Regulations 2000
Building Regulations 2010 (Electrical Safety in Dwellings) Part P
Business Names Act 1985
Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000
Clean Air Act 1993
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
Common Law Procedure Act 1852
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2012
Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellations and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
Consumer Credit Act 1974
Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2005
Consumer Protection Act 1987
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Consumer Rights Act 2015 Part 2 (Unfair Tems)
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
Control of Pollution Act 1974
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Cost of Leases Act 1958
Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992
Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 1992
Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992
Council Tax (Liability of Owners) Regulations 1992
County Courts Act 1984
Criminal Finances Act 2017
Criminal Justice Act 1972
Criminal Law Act 1977
Data Protection Act 1998
Data Protection Act 2018
Defective Premises Act 1972
Deregulation Act 2015
Disability Discrimination Act 2005
Distress for Rent Act 1737
Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
Electrical Safety Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002
Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020
Electricity Act 1989
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
Energy Act 2011
Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012
Enterprise Act 2002
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Equality Act 2010
Estate Agents Act 1979
Eviction Act 1977
Finance Act 1995
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993
Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (as amended)
Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1989
Gas Act 1986
Gas Appliance (Safety) Regulations 1995
Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1988
Gas Safety Regulations 1998
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679
General Product Safety Regulations 2005
Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013
Health Act 2006
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
Housing (Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Regulations 1990
Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007
Housing Act 1980
Housing Act 1985
Housing Act 1988
Housing Act 1996
Housing Act 2004
Housing and Planning Act 1986
Housing and Planning Act 2016
Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Banning Order Offences) Regulations 2018
Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents) Regulations 2018
Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987
Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 1997
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (Number 2) Regulations 1997
Housing Benefit Regulations 2001
Housing Health and Safety Rating System Regulations 2005
HSE Approved Code of Practice L8 Legionnaires 2013
Immigration Act 2014
Insolvency Act 1996
Landlord & Tenant Act 1730
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
Landlord and Tenant Act 1927
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Landlord and Tenant Act 1988
Law of Distress (Amendment) Act 1908
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994
Law of Property Act 1925
Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938
Leasehold Reform etc Act 1993
Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Additional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007
Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and other houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006
Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Mandatory Conditions of Licences) (England) Regulations 2018
Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018
Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Descriptions) (England) Order 2006
Limitation Act 1980
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996
Local Government Finance Act 1992
Localism Act 2011
Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Regulations 1989
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
Misrepresentation Act 1967
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Money Laundering Regulations 2007
Money Laundering Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
Noise Act 1996
Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993
Notices to Quit (Prescribed Information) Regulations 1980
Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984
Party Wall Etc Act 1996
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
Plugs and sockets etc (Safety) Regulations 1994
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949
Private Water Supply Regulations 2001
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Property Misdescriptions Act 1991
Protection from Eviction Act 1977
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Public Health Act 1936
Redress Schemes for Lettings Agency Work and Property Management Work (Approval and Designation of Schemes) (England) Order 2013
Redress Schemes for Lettings Agency Work and Property Management Work (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc) (England) Order 2014
Regulated Tenancies (Procedure) Regulations 1980
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Rent Act (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999
Rent Act 1957
Rent Act 1974
Rent Act 1977
Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999
Rent Books (Form of Notices) Regulations 1982
Rent Regulation (Cancellation of Registration of Rent) Regulations 1980
Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954
Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) (England) Order 2015
Selective Licensing of Houses (Specified Exemptions) (England) Order 2006
Service Charges (Summary of Rights and Obligations and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015
Smoke Detector Act 1991
Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2011
Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997
Social Security Administration Act 1992
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements Regulations 2015
Tenant Fee Act 2019
Terrorism Act 2000
Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977
Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements)(England) Regulations 2007
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
Utilities Act 2000
Water Industry Act 1991
Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

This list shows the major items for those renting a property. If you are managing a letting agency, there is a further list!

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