Subsection (1) gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations with regard to making entries on the database.
	Subsection (2) sets out what these regulations may specify. The regulations may outline (a) how registrations on the database are created and which person is required to make that registration and (b) what information and supporting documentation needs to be included as part of the registration. Subsection (2)(c) allows the Secretary of State to specify other requirements, including requiring the payment of a fee for registering on the database. Subsection (2)(d) explains that the regulations may state the time by which requirements must be complied with and indicates that regulations may allow for entries to be made without certain conditions being met, as long as those conditions are subsequently met before the end of a specified grace period.
	Subsection (3) stipulates that any such grace period provided for by regulations cannot exceed 28 days from the day on which the entry is made.
	Subsection (4) outlines that entries that meet the requirements as set out in regulations will be considered active. This means that they will be considered "live" and valid entries for the purposes of advertising, marketing or letting property – unless or until they become inactive according to the regulations laid out in section 79.
	Subsection (5) indicates that information about a landlord and a property contained on the database may be made public according to the regulations contained in section 86.
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 3: The Private Rented Sector Database Section 77: Making entries in the database Effect