Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025
Part 5General
139Application to Parliament
(1)
Where regulations under section 63(4)(b) provide for the meaning of “relevant tenancy” given by that section to include a tenancy or licence under which a dwelling is occupied for the purposes of either House of Parliament, Part 2 (and Part 3 so far as relating to Part 2) has effect in its application in relation to such a tenancy or licence with the following modifications—
(a)
sections 67 and 92 do not apply;
(b)
(c)
in paragraph (b) of section 91(1), the reference to a person committing an offence under section 92 is to be read as a reference to the person either—
(i)
knowingly or recklessly providing information to the database operator which is false or misleading in a material respect in purported compliance with a requirement imposed by regulations under Chapter 3, or
(2)
The following provisions do not apply in relation to premises that are occupied for the purposes of either House of Parliament—
(3)
Nothing in section 131 makes the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons or the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords criminally liable.
(4)
(5)
Nothing in this section affects the criminal liability of relevant members of the House of Lords staff or of the House of Commons staff (as defined by sections 194 and 195 of the Employment Rights Act 1996).