Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025
Changes to legislation:
Renters’ Rights Act 2025, Section 122 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 December 2025. 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 122:
- s. 122 coming into force by 2025 c. 26 s. 145(5)(d)
Part 4Enforcement
Chapter 3Investigatory powers
Investigatory powers under this Act
122Power to require production of documents following entry
(1)
An officer of a local housing authority who has entered premises under section 118(1) or under a warrant under section 120 may, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2), at any reasonable time—
(a)
require a relevant person occupying the premises, or anyone on the premises acting on behalf of such a person, to produce any documents relating to the relevant business to which the person on the premises has access, and
(b)
take copies of, or of any entry in, any such document.
(2)
The purposes are—
(a)
to ascertain whether there has been compliance with the rented accommodation legislation where an officer of the local housing authority reasonably suspects a breach of, or an offence under, that legislation;
(b)
to ascertain whether the documents may be required as evidence in proceedings for such a breach or offence.
(3)
The power in subsection (1) is available regardless of whether—
(a)
the purpose for which the documents are required relates to the relevant person or some other person, or
(b)
the proceedings referred to in subsection (2)(b) could be taken against the relevant person or some other person.
(4)
That power includes power to require the person to give an explanation of the documents.
(5)
Where a document required to be produced under subsection (1) contains information recorded electronically, the power in that subsection includes power to require the production of a copy of the document in a form in which it can easily be taken away and in which it is visible and legible.
(6)
This section does not permit an officer to require a person to create a document other than as described in subsection (5).
(7)
This section does not permit an officer to require a person to produce any document which the person would be entitled to refuse to produce in proceedings in the High Court on the grounds of legal professional privilege.
(8)
In this section “relevant business” means the business for the purposes of which the premises are occupied.