Legislation – Deregulation Act 2015
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Deregulation Act 2015, Section 41 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 41:
- s. 33–41 omitted by 2025 c. 26 Sch. 2 para. 73(b)
- s. 110A inserted by 2016 c. 12 s. 16(1)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 110A inserted by 2016 c. 12 s. 16(1)
Housing and development
41Application of sections 33 to 40
(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a provision of sections 33 to 40 applies only to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England granted on or after the day on which the provision comes into force.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), a provision of sections 33 to 40 does not apply to an assured shorthold tenancy that came into being under section 5(2) of the Housing Act 1988 after the commencement of that provision and on the coming to an end of an assured shorthold tenancy that was granted before the commencement of that provision.
(3)
At the end of the period of three years beginning with the coming into force of a provision of sections 33 to 38 or section 40, that provision also applies to any assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England—
(a)
which is in existence at that time, and
(b)
to which that provision does not otherwise apply by virtue of subsection (1) or (2).