The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020

It came as no surprise that these regulations have finally been laid before Parliament. Sections 122 and 123 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 which pertain to the Electrical Safety Standards came into force on 25 October 2019. This meant that the Secretary of State was given the power to write the regulations that are now before us, in draft, for England only. The Government require these regulations to be approved by both the House of Commons and House of Lords in order to bring them into law. Subject to that approval, the date from which ‘new specified tenancies’ ...