This is a new provision. This section requires the database operator to allocate a unique identifier – a sequence of letters and/or numbers – to each landlord and dwelling with an entry on the database. The purpose of utilising unique identifiers is to enable ease of navigation for local housing authorities within the database and provide a way of distinguishing different entries on the database.
Example: Registering multiple properties
								A landlord may create a registration entry for themselves and then make 50 registration entries for each property in their portfolio. The landlord would have their unique landlord identifier and 50 unique dwelling identifiers, each distinguishable from one another and other entries on the database.
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 3: The Private Rented Sector Database Section 84: Allocation of unique identifiers Background