Section 130 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Tenants' associations: power to request information about tenants

Tenants' associations: power to request information about tenants 130 After section 29 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 insert— Tenants' associations: power to request information about tenants 29A 1 The Secretary of State may by regulations impose duties on a landlord to provide the secretary of a relevant tenants' association with information about relevant qualifying tenants.

2 The regulations may—

a make provision about the tenants about whom information must be provided and what information must be provided;

b require a landlord to seek the consent of a tenant to the provision of information about that tenant;

c require a landlord to identify how many tenants have not consented.

3 The regulations may—

a authorise a landlord to charge costs specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations;

b impose time limits on a landlord for the taking of any steps under the regulations;

c make provision about the form or content of any notices under the regulations (including provision permitting or requiring a person to design the form of a notice);

d make other provision as to the procedure in connection with anything authorised or required by the regulations.

4 The regulations may confer power on a court or tribunal to make an order remedying a failure by a landlord to comply with the regulations.

5 The regulations may include supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision.

6 Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.

7 A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

8 In this section— “relevant tenants' association”, in relation to a landlord, means an association of tenants of the landlord at least one of whom is a qualifying tenant of a dwelling in England; “ relevant qualifying tenant ” means—

a person who is a qualifying tenant of a dwelling in England and a member of the relevant tenants' association, or a person who is a qualifying tenant of a dwelling in England by virtue of being required to contribute to the same costs as a qualifying tenant who is a member of the relevant tenants' association; “ qualifying tenant ” means a tenant who, under the terms of the lease, is required to contribute to the same costs as another tenant by the payment of a service charge.