The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 994

Landlord And Tenant, England

The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021

Made

6th September 2021

Laid before Parliament

8th September 2021

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(2)(a) and (7) of the Housing Act 1985(1), sections 8(3) and 21(8) of the Housing Act 1988(2) and section 88(1) and (5) of, and paragraphs 1(2) and 14(1) of Schedule 29 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020(3).

(1)

1985 c. 68. Section 83 was substituted, together with section 83A, by section 147(1) of the Housing Act 1996.

(2)

1988 c. 50. Section 8(3) was amended by section 151(3) of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) and section 97(2)(a) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12). Section 21(8) was inserted by section 37 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20). See section 45 for the meaning of “prescribed”.

(3)

2020 c. 7. The powers conferred by section 88(1) of, and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 29 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 are exercisable in England by the Secretary of State. For the relevant definitions of “relevant national authority” see section 88(7) of, and paragraph 1(3)(a) of Schedule 29 to, that Act.