Paragraph 4 - assured tenancies: regrouping of notice periods
4. In paragraph 4(2) of schedule 1 (assured tenancies: extension of notice periods)—
(a)for head (a) substitute—
“(a)in subsection (3)(b)—
(i)for the words “two weeks or two months” there were substituted “28 days, two months, three months or, as the case may be, six months”,
(ii)after the words “subsection (4)” there were inserted “or (4A)”,”,
(b)in sub-paragraph (2)(b)—
(i)in subsection (4) of the text that is to be read as if it were substituted into section 19 of the 1988 Act after “notice”, where it first occurs, insert “served before 3 October 2020”,
(ii)after subsection (4) of the text that is to be read as if it were substituted into section 19 of the 1988 Act, insert—
“(4A) The minimum period to be specified in a notice served on or after 3 October 2020 as mentioned in subsection (3)(b) is—
(a)28 days if the notice specifies only Ground 15 in Part II of Schedule 5 to this Act,
(b)two months if the notice specifies Ground 9 in Part II of Schedule 5 to this Act (whether with or without also specifying the ground referred to in paragraph (a)),
(c)three months if the notice specifies Ground 1 in Part I of Schedule 5 to this Act (whether with or without also specifying either or both of the grounds referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b)),
(d)six months if the notice specifies any of the following grounds in Schedule 5 to this Act (whether with or without other grounds)—
(i)Grounds 2 to 8 in Part I,
(ii)Grounds 10 to 14 in Part II,
(iii)Ground 16 or 17 in Part II.”.