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What period and facts govern right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period in England and Wales?

Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.

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Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period
Trigger
The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods
Rule
Immigration Act 2014 section 27
Immigration Act 2014 section 27

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Immigration Act 2014 section 27. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales. The right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period source guide supplies no computed date or paid calculation.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

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What period and facts govern right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period in England and Wales?

Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.

Responsible actor. The landlord or agent maintaining a statutory excuse for an occupier with limited right to rent for premises in England.

The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods

The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.

The landlord or agent maintaining a statutory excuse for an occupier with limited right to rent for premises in England. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

How does this provision count time?

  1. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period
  2. Establish the actual eligibility endpoint and complete the required follow-up or reporting step for the applicable statutory branch.
  3. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.

Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. Preserve the exact statutory month, year or day wording and the established event. The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods.

For right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period, establish the applicable property or agreement regime and the actual document or performance event. A closed court day does not itself extend this separate regulatory requirement.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Immigration Act 2014 section 27. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales. The right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period source guide supplies no computed date or paid calculation.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The landlord or agent maintaining a statutory excuse for an occupier with limited right to rent for premises in England has records of the last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. Establish the actual eligibility endpoint and complete the required follow-up or reporting step for the applicable statutory branch. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales. Establish the complete right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period branch before selecting an endpoint.

The proposed right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period completion encounters a closed office, weekend or disputed effective event. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. Preserve the exact statutory month, year or day wording and the established event. The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods. For right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period, establish the applicable property or agreement regime and the actual document or performance event. A closed court day does not itself extend this separate regulatory requirement. Resolve effective completion for right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period under the actual source. No substitute date is computed.

The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales. The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. Establish the actual eligibility endpoint and complete the required follow-up or reporting step for the applicable statutory branch. Preserve this right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period qualification before relying on a purported final date.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period step
The landlord or agent maintaining a statutory excuse for an occupier with limited right to rent for premises in England. Establish the actual eligibility endpoint and complete the required follow-up or reporting step for the applicable statutory branch.
Controlling right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period event and material branch
The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.
Counting and completion for right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period
Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. Preserve the exact statutory month, year or day wording and the established event. The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods. For right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period, establish the applicable property or agreement regime and the actual document or performance event. A closed court day does not itself extend this separate regulatory requirement.
Immigration Act 2014 section 27
  • The landlord or agent maintaining a statutory excuse for an occupier with limited right to rent for premises in England. Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.
  • Right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period concerns establish the actual eligibility endpoint and complete the required follow-up or reporting step for the applicable statutory branch. Its the last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods must be established independently of a neighboring procedure’s event.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

What period and facts govern right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period in England and Wales?

What period governs right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period?

Section 27(4) defines the eligibility period as the longest of one year from compliance, the remaining leave period and the remaining document-validity period. The source says longest, not soonest. All applicable dates and the actual checking and immigration history are necessary. The retained commencement brings this scheme into force across England; it does not establish application in Wales.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

Which event controls right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period?

The last completed prescribed checks and the actual leave and document-validity periods. The landlord or agent maintaining a statutory excuse for an occupier with limited right to rent for premises in England must preserve the event evidence.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

What completes right-to-rent follow-up eligibility period?

Establish the actual eligibility endpoint and complete the required follow-up or reporting step for the applicable statutory branch. The completion must match the actual source procedure.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

Does the shorter of twelve months and leave expiry control?

No. Section 27(4) expressly selects the longest of its stated periods. A shorter-first rule does not reproduce that definition.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

Can the previous check date alone establish the endpoint?

No. The remaining leave and relevant document validity can supply longer periods. Preserve their actual dates alongside compliance evidence.

Immigration Act 2014 section 27

Does reaching the eligibility endpoint automatically establish every reporting duty?

Section 24 provides the relevant continuing-excuse and reporting conditions. Establish the actual occupier’s status and prescribed compliance rather than infer a universal automatic report. Article 2 of SI 2016/11 provides England-wide commencement; this guide does not extend that scheme to Wales.

Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016 article 2

Official sources and review

Provisions used (4)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Immigration Act 2014 section 27Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Immigration Act 2014 section 24Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) Order 2014 article 3Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016 article 2Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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