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96 Tenancies which are assured shorthold tenancies.E+W

(1)In Chapter II of Part I of the M1Housing Act 1988 (assured shorthold tenancies) there shall be inserted at the beginning—

19A Assured shorthold tenancies: post-Housing Act 1996 tenancies.

An assured tenancy which—

(a)is entered into on or after the day on which section 96 of the Housing Act 1996 comes into force (otherwise than pursuant to a contract made before that day), or

(b)comes into being by virtue of section 5 above on the coming to an end of an assured tenancy within paragraph (a) above,

is an assured shorthold tenancy unless it falls within any paragraph in Schedule 2A to this Act..

(2)After Schedule 2 to that Act there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in Schedule 7 to this Act.

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I1S. 96 wholly in force 28.2.1997; s. 96 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 96 in force for certain purposes at 23.8.1996 by S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2(1) and in force at 28.2.1997 to the extent it is not already in force by S.I. 1997/225, art. 2

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