This is a new provision.
	To enable the Secretary of State to make regulations extending rental discrimination provisions to additional groups in England in future, if deemed necessary, for example to care leavers or prison leavers and those with a history of offending.
	Regulations made under this section would describe the group to be protected under the chapter’s existing anti-discrimination framework and whether there would be an exception for conduct which is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 3: Discrimination in the rental market: England Section 39: Power of the Secretary of State to protect others Proposed use of power