The snappily titled Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notice and
Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015 come into
force 1st October 2015.
In a nutshell, the landlord of any AST granted from 1 October
2015 onwards must provide the following to the tenant:
- Government factsheet "How to
Rent: the checklist for renting in England". To ensure you
always pick up the latest version go to the government website for the checklist.
- valid EPC.
- gas safety certificate.
- tenancy deposit prescribed
information which actually has to be provided within 30 days of
receipt of the deposit.
Only item 1 is an entirely new requirement, but the sting in the
tail is that failure to provide all of this information to the
tenant (later prove that you did so) will prevent the landlord from
being able to serve a valid s.21 notice for possession at the end
of the term.
