Following the recent Court of Appeal Decision of Minister v Hathaway (2021), EPC’s are now not required to be served with a Section 21 notice for assured shorthold tenancies (AST's) if the tenancy predates October 2015.
Read my full ebriefing on this topic here.
The court however decided that the provisions under The Deregulation Act do not apply to tenancies that commenced prior to 1 October 2015. Therefore, the requirements to provide a tenant with a valid EPC and Gas Safety Certificate therefore only applied to AST’s granted on or after 1 October 2015.
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