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Essential Corporate News – Week ending 23 May 2025
The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Annotation) Regulations 2025 and an accompanying Explanatory Memorandum were published on 14 May 2025.
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We have previously reported on new minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) when letting domestic and commercial premises in England and Wales.
Since April 1, 2018 a landlord cannot grant a lease or tenancy of a sub-standard property. A “sub-standard” property is a property that does not achieve an “E” Energy Efficiency Certificate (EPC) rating or higher. There are a number of exemptions, but a landlord can only rely on an exemption by registering it with supporting documentary evidence in a public Private Rented Sector (PRS) Exemptions Register.
The government has recently published guidance on available exemptions and PRS Exemptions Register evidence requirements. The exemptions covered by the guidance are
Most of the exemptions last for five years. After expiry, the landlord must try again to improve the property’s EPC rating but if this cannot be achieved, a further exemption may be registered.
Prospective landlords should note that
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The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Annotation) Regulations 2025 and an accompanying Explanatory Memorandum were published on 14 May 2025.
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The Regulator’s annual funding statement for private sector DB schemes was published on April 29, 2025. It is the first such statement since the new DB funding regime came into force from September 22, 2024, onwards.
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The Regulator's annual DB funding statement for 2025 was published on April 29, 2025. This statement and the accompanying analysis paper are particularly relevant to schemes with valuation dates between September 22, 2024, and September 21, 2025, now known as Tranche 24/25 or T24/25 to reflect the calendar year (previously known as Tranche 20 or T20).
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