RenturaRenting rules by country
England, Wales and Scotland are three different legal systems, and a landlord who reads advice written for one and applies it to another gets the dates wrong. This is what each of them actually requires.
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England
The assured tenancy reforms took effect on 1 May 2026, introducing periodic tenancies and ending section 21 for that regime. Other letting arrangements and older protected tenancies need separate checks. These are Rentura's recorded rules for England.
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Wales
Most private residential lettings in Wales use occupation contracts under Renting Homes. Contract type, fitness duties and Rent Smart Wales registration and licensing need their own checks. These are Rentura's recorded rules for Wales.
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Scotland
Many Scottish private lets use a Private Residential Tenancy. Older tenancies and excluded arrangements have different rules. Registration, the Repairing Standard and the relevant notice procedure need separate checks. These are Rentura's recorded rules for Scotland.
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Why this is written this way
Rentura holds these rules as data, each with the provision it comes from, the words the source uses, and the date somebody last checked it. The product works out your dates from exactly the same records, which is why they are published rather than paraphrased. Where a rule has not been verified it is shown as not established and it never produces a date, in the product or here.
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