1981 No. 591

LANDLORD AND TENANT

The Assured Tenancies (Notice To Tenant) Regulations 1981

Made

Coming into Operation

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 56(7) and 151 of the Housing Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, thereby make the following regulations:—

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These regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Notice to Tenant) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 14th May 1981.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Reg. 1 in force at 14.5.1981, see reg. 1

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The requirements with which a notice is to comply in order to be valid for the purposes of section 56(6) of the Housing Act 1980 are that it shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Reg. 2 in force at 14.5.1981, see reg. 1

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John StanleyMinister for Housing and ConstructionDepartment of the Environment
Nicholas EdwardsSecretary of State for Wales

I3SCHEDULENOTICE OF THE GRANT OF A PROTECTED OR HOUSING ASSOCIATION TENANCY BY A BODY APPROVED UNDER SECTION 56(4) OF THE HOUSING ACT 1980

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Sch. in force at 14.5.1981, see reg. 1

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Tenancies of dwelling houses granted by bodies approved under section 56 of the Housing Act 1980 are assured tenancies (within the meaning of that Act) if the conditions of section 56 are satisfied. An approved body wishing to let the dwelling house on a protected tenancy or, as the case may be, a housing association tenancy, rather than an assured tenancy, may do so by giving the tenant a valid notice to this effect before the grant of the tenancy.

Section 56(7) of the 1980 Act provides that a notice is not valid unless it complies with the requirements of regulations made by the Secretary of State. These regulations require that the notice is in the form set out in the Schedule or in a form substantially to the like effect.