Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025
Part 5General
140Regulations
(1)
A power to make regulations under this Act includes power to make—
(a)
consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;
(b)
different provision for different purposes or areas;
(c)
the full provision to which the power extends or any less provision (whether by way of exception or otherwise).
(2)
The power of the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers under subsection (1)(a) to make transitional provision includes power to provide for regulations to apply (with or without modifications) in relation to tenancies or licences entered into, or advertising begun, before the date on which the regulations come into force.
(3)
The power of the Welsh Ministers under subsection (1)(a) to make transitional provision includes power to provide for regulations to apply (with or without modifications) in relation to occupation contracts granted, renewed or continued, or advertising begun, before the date on which the regulations come into force.
(4)
Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument, except where they are made by the Scottish Ministers (see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)).
(5)
A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 13(2), 30, 39, 48, 54, 63, 64, 65, 77, 82(4), 83(6), 86, 87(2), or 90(2) or 101 or paragraph 32 of Schedule 6 (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(6)
Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act made by the Secretary of State is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, unless it contains regulations under section 111(3) only.
(7)
A statutory instrument containing regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 47 may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.
(8)
Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 53 are subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)).
(9)
If a draft of a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 64 would, apart from this subsection, be treated for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not a hybrid instrument.
(10)
This section does not apply to regulations under this Part.