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After section 21A of the Housing Act 1988 insert—
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations require information about the rights and responsibilities of a landlord and a tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England (or any related matters) to be given by a landlord under such a tenancy, or a person acting on behalf of such a landlord, to the tenant under such a tenancy.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) may—
(a)require the information to be given in the form of a document produced by the Secretary of State or another person,
(b)provide that the document to be given is the version that has effect at the time the requirement applies, and
(c)specify cases where the requirement does not apply.
(3)A notice under subsection (1) or (4) of section 21 may not be given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England at a time when the landlord is in breach of a requirement imposed by regulations under subsection (1).
(4)A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (1) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
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