Structure and Summary of the Act
6.The Act is divided into 9 parts and 5 schedules:
	Part 1 sets out the conditions which must be met for the creation of a private residential tenancy.
	Part 2 provides for “statutory terms”, which are to be terms of every private residential tenancy.
	Part 3 places a duty on the landlord to provide documentation relating to the tenancy and provides a course of redress where the landlord fails to do this.
	Part 4 lays down the procedure for rent increases, adjudication and localised caps on rent increases. Chapter 1 provides that rent increases must follow the process set out in Chapter 2 and may take place at most once every 12 months. It also prohibits premiums and requiring the payment of advance rent, as well as restricting when diligence may be carried out. Chapter 2 deals with the notice that must be given for any proposed rent increase. It also sets out the process by which proposed increases can be contested. Chapter 3 introduces measures for caps on rent increases in designated zones.
	Part 5 provides for the circumstances under which a tenancy may be brought to an end by a landlord or tenant.
	Part 6 deals with what happens when a tenant dies. If a sole tenant dies, it provides for certain people to succeed to the tenancy if the specified conditions are met.
	Part 7 gives the First-tier Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) jurisdiction over disputes arising from private residential tenancies, places a duty on the Tribunal to report unregistered landlords, and allows minor errors in documents to be overlooked.
	Part 8 contains consequential and transitional provisions.
	Part 9 expands upon the regulation-making powers contained in the Act, defines expressions used in the Act and sets out when, or by what process, the Act’s provisions are to be brought into force.
	Schedule 1 is connected to Part 1 – it outlines the types of tenancy which cannot be a private residential tenancy.
	Schedule 2 is connected to Part 2 – it lists terms which are to be terms of every private residential tenancy.
	Schedule 3 is connected to Part 5 – it lists the grounds for eviction on the basis of which a landlord can seek to end a tenancy.
	Schedules 4 and 5 are connected to Part 8 – they set out modifications to other legislation in consequence of the Act, or to effect the transition from the tenancy regimes established by previous legislation to the regime created by the Act.