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Where any rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid, or any obligation of the protected or statutory tenancy which arises under this Act, or—
(a)in the case of a protected tenancy, any other obligation of the tenancy, in so far as is consistent with the provisions of Part VII of this Act, or
(b)in the case of a statutory tenancy, any other obligation of the previous protected tenancy which is applicable to the statutory tenancy.
has been broken or not performed.
Where the tenant or any person residing or lodging with him or any sub-tenant of his has been guilty of conduct which is a nuisance or annoyance to adjoining occupiers, or has been convicted of using the dwelling-house or allowing the dwelling-house to be used for immoral or illegal purposes.
Where the condition of the dwelling-house has, in the opinion of the court, deteriorated owing to acts of waste by, or the neglect or default of, the tenant or any person residing or lodging with him or any sub-tenant of his and, in the case of any act of waste by, or the neglect or default of, a person lodging with the tenant or a sub-tenant of his, where the court is satisfied that the tenant has not, before the making of the order in question, taken such steps as he ought reasonably to have taken for the removal of the lodger or sub-tenant, as the case may be.
Where the condition of any furniture provided for use under the tenancy has, in the opinion of the court, deteriorated owing to ill-treatment by the tenant or any person residing or lodging with him or any sub-tenant of his and, in the case of any ill-treatment by a person lodging with the tenant or a sub-tenant of his, where the court is satisfied that the tenant has not, before the making of the order in question, taken such steps as he ought reasonably to have taken for the removal of the lodger or sub-tenant, as the case may be.
Where the tenant has given notice to quit and, in consequence of that notice, the landlord has contracted to sell or let the dwelling-house or has taken any other steps as the result of which he would, in the opinion of the court, be seriously prejudiced if he could not obtain possession.
Where, without the consent of the landlord, the tenant has, at any time after—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(b)22nd March 1973, in the case of a tenancy which became a regulated tenancy by virtue of section 14 of the M1Counter-Inflation Act 1973;
[F2(bb)the commencement of section 73 of the Housing Act 1980, in the case of a tenancy which became a regulated tenancy by virtue of that section.]
(c)14th August 1974, in the case of a regulated furnished tenancy; or
(d)8th December 1965, in the case of any other tenancy,
assigned or sublet the whole of the dwelling-house or sublet part of the dwelling-house, the remainder being already sublet.
Textual Amendments
F1Case 6 para. (a) repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 26
F2Case 6 para. (bb) inserted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 8 para. 2
Marginal Citations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F3Case 7 repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF61), Sch. 26
Where the dwelling-house is reasonably required by the landlord for occupation as a residence for some person engaged in his whole-time employment, or in the whole-time employment of some tenant from him or with whom, conditional on housing being provided, a contract for such employment has been entered into, and the tenant was in the employment of the landlord or a former landlord, and the dwelling-house was let to him in consequence of that employment and he has ceased to be in that employment.
Where the dwelling-house is reasonably required by the landlord for occupation as a residence for—
(a)himself, or
(b)any son or daughter of his over 18 years of age, or
(c)his father or mother, or
(d)if the dwelling-house is let on or subject to a regulated tenancy, the father or mother of his wife or husband,
and the landlord did not become landlord by purchasing the dwelling-house or any interest therein after—
(i)7th November 1956, in the case of a [F4tenancy which was then a controlled tenancy];
(ii)8th March 1973, in the case of a tenancy which became a regulated tenancy by virtue of section 14 of the M2Counter-Inflation Act 1973;
(iii)24th May 1974, in the case of a regulated furnished tenancy; or
(iv)23rd March 1965, in the case of any other tenancy.
Textual Amendments
F4Words substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 25 Pt. I para. 57 in relation to any tenancy which was a controlled tenancy on 7.11.1956 notwithstanding that it ceased to be a controlled tenancy before 28.11.1980
Marginal Citations
Where the court is satisfied that the rent charged by the tenant—
(a)for any sublet part of the dwelling-house which is a dwelling-house let on a protected tenancy or subject to a statutory tenancy is or was in excess of the maximum rent for the time being recoverable for that part, having regard to . . . F5 Part III of this Act, or
(b)for any sublet part of the dwelling-house which is subject to a restricted contract is or was in excess of the maximum (if any) which it is lawful for the lessor, within the meaning of Part V of this Act to require or receive having regard to the provisions of that Part.
Textual Amendments
F5Words repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 26
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