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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 July 2025

Debate

Renters’ Rights Bill

Contribution

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 statement This is consequential on the amendment in my name inserting the new sub-paragraph (1)(b).

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