UK Statutory Instrument SI 1989/367 United Kingdom

The Housing (Change of Landlord) Regulations 1989

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord7

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Housing Act 1985 55 duties
Housing Act 1996 30 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

sch. 1 para. 11 sch. 1 para. 11 Regulated
  • Pay your share of the adjudicator’s costs equallyLandlord
sch. 1 para. 5 sch. 1 para. 5 Regulated
  • Send landlord's written response to adjudicator and tenantLandlord
sch. 2 para. 11 sch. 2 para. 11 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Share district valuer costs equally unless one party is unreasonableCrown / Minister / Government department
sch. 2 para. 5 sch. 2 para. 5 Regulated
  • Send your written response and details of factors considered to district valuer and applicantLandlord
s.010 Notice to applicant of grant of a tenancy or licence to which section 101 applies Regulated
  • Notify applicant when granting a tenancy or licenceLandlord
s.011 Notice to tenant or licensee of a tenancy or licence to which section 101 applies Regulated
  • Give tenant notice of the effect of section 101 when granting a tenancy or licenceLandlord
s.012 Vacant possession Regulated
  • Evict tenants and use best endeavours to give vacant possession before property transferLandlord
s.013 Disapplication of section 101 Regulated
  • Notify tenant or licensee when section 101 protection endsLandlord
20 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 1 para. 4 sch. 1 para. 4
sch. 1 para. 9 sch. 1 para. 9
sch. 2 para. 4 sch. 2 para. 4
sch. 2 para. 9 sch. 2 para. 9
sch. 4 para. 2 Grants and leases – general
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 General interpretation
s.003 Particulars to be included in section 98(1) notice
s.004 Disputes as to property to be included
s.005 Disputes as to matters relating to price or disposal cost
s.006 Exclusion or lease back of dwelling-houses in accordance with section 100
s.007 Tenants prescribed for the purposes of section 100(1)(b)
s.008 Tenants prescribed for the purposes of section 100(2)(b)
s.009 Tenancies or licences to which section 101 does not apply
s.014 The prescribed period for consultation
s.015 Tenants prescribed for the purposes of section 102
s.016 Prescribed provisions as to consultation
s.017 Prescribed manner for tenants to indicate their wishes
s.018 Covenants under section 103
s.019 Requirements of grant of fee simple and leases back

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.