Renters’ Rights Bill - Report (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 7:00 pm on 7 July 2025.
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage:
Moved by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
76: Clause 33, page 49, line 4, after “(2C)” insert “, (2CA)”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the Amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (2CA).
77: Clause 33, page 49, line 39, insert—“(2CA) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument—(a) specify a person appointed to act on the landlord’s behalf in respect of the tenancy or to discharge management functions in respect of the building or a class of such persons,(b) specify a class of building in relation to the specified person or specified class of persons, and(c) provide that a tenancy—(i) does not fall within this paragraph if the dwelling-house is in the specified class of building and there is a person appointed to act on the landlord’s behalf in respect of the tenancy or to discharge management functions in respect of the building who is specified or is in the specified class of such persons, or(ii) falls within this paragraph only if the dwelling-house is in the specified class of building and there is a person appointed to act on the landlord’s behalf in respect of the tenancy or to discharge management functions in respect of the building who is specified or is in the specified class of such persons.”Member's explanatory statementThis makes provision which corresponds to the new sub-paragraph (2C) but which operates in relation to the case where a tenancy of student accommodation is not an assured tenancy because the person appointed to act on behalf of the landlord or to discharge management functions in respect of the building concerned is a member of a “housing management code of practice”.
78: Clause 33, page 49, line 40, after “(2C)(b)” insert “or (2CA)(b)”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (2CA).
79: Clause 33, page 50, line 3, after “sub-paragraph” insert “(1)(b),”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (1)(b).
80: Clause 33, page 50, line 37, leave out from “was” to “solely” in line 39 and insert “exempt”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (1)(b).
81: Clause 33, page 50, line 41, leave out from “the” in the second place it occurs to end of line 43 and insert “landlord’s interest under the lease does not attract the exemption under this paragraph”.Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on paragraph (b) in the amendment in my name which inserts the new sub-paragraph (1).
82: Clause 33, page 51, line 3, after “(2C)” insert “or (2CA)”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (2CA).
83: Clause 33, page 51, line 9, after “(2C)” insert “or (2CA)”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (2CA).
84: Clause 33, page 51, line 16, at end insert—“(za) “management functions” in respect of a building includes functions relating to—(i) the provision of services, or(ii) the repair, maintenance, improvement or insurance of the building;”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on paragraph (b) in the amendment in my name which inserts the new sub-paragraph (1).
85: Clause 33, page 51, line 36, insert—“(da) a tenancy is “exempt solely by reference to a code of practice” if—(i) the tenancy was granted by a body of persons who were, at the time of the grant, a specified landlord solely by reference to a code of practice, or(ii) at the time of the grant, sub-paragraph (1)(b) applied to the tenancy but sub-paragraph (1)(a) did not apply to the tenancy;(db) a reference to the landlord’s interest under the lease not attracting the exemption under this paragraph is a reference to—(i) a case where the landlord is not a student landlord and there is no person appointed to act on the landlord’s behalf in respect of the tenancy or to discharge management functions in respect of the relevant building; or(ii) a case where the landlord is not a student landlord and there is a person appointed to act on the landlord’s behalf in respect of the tenancy or to discharge management functions in respect of the relevant building, but that person is not a member of a specified housing management code of practice;and for that purpose the “relevant building” is the building which the dwelling-house comprises or in which the dwelling-house is situated;”Member's explanatory statementThis is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (1)(b).
Amendments 76 to 85 agreed.
Consideration on Report adjourned.
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