Housing Act 1985

248 Form and contents of notification under s. 247.

(1) A notification under section 247 shall be in writing and contain the information required by this section.

(2) Every notification shall contain—

(a) the name and address of the person by whom it is given,

(b) the address of, and any further information necessary to identify, the land to which it relates, and

(c) the estate or interest in that land which the person by whom it is given has at the time it is given.

(3) The reference in subsection (2)(a) to a person’s address is to his place of abode or place of business or, in the case of a company, to its registered office.

(4) To the extent that it is capable of being given by reference to a plan accompanying the notification, the information required by subsection (2)(b) may be so given.

(5) A notification required by section 247(2) or (3) (notice to quit or impending expiry of tenancy) shall specify—

(a) whether the tenancy concerned is periodic or for a term certain,

(b) the length of the period or term, and

(c) the date on which the tenancy will come to an end (by virtue of the service of the notice to quit or by effluxion of time);

and in the case of a notification required by section 247(2) the landlord may also, if he considers it appropriate, give his reason for serving notice to quit.

(6) A notification required by section 247(4) (disposal of land) shall specify—

(a) whether at the time the notification is given the person giving it intends to retain an estate or interest in the land, and

(b) if he does, the nature of that estate or interest and the land in which he intends that it should subsist.