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(1)A tenancy [F1which was entered into before 1st April 1990 or (where the dwelling-house under the tenancy had a rateable value on 31st March 1990) is entered into on or after 1st April 1990 in pursuance of a contract made before that date] is not a protected tenancy if under the tenancy either no rent is payable or, . . . F2 the rent payable is less then two-thirds of the rateable value which is or was the rateable value of the dwelling-house on the appropriate day.
(2)Where—
(a)the appropriate day in relation to a dwelling-house fell before 22nd March 1973, and
(b)the dwelling-house had on the appropriate day a rateable value exceeding, if it is in Greater London, £400 or, if it is elsewhere, £200,
subsection (1) above shall apply in relation to the dwelling-house as if the reference to the appropriate day were a reference to 22nd March 1973.
[F3(2A)A tenancy is not a protected tenancy if—
(a)it is entered into on or after the 1st April 1990 (otherwise than, where the dwelling-house under the tenancy had a rateable value on 31st March 1990, in pursuance of a contract made before 1st April 1990), and
(b)under the tenancy for the time being either no rent is payable or the rent is payable at a rate of, if the dwelling-house is in Greater London, £1,000 or less a year, and, if the dwelling-house is elsewhere, £250 or less a year.
(2B)Subsection (7) of section 4 above shall apply to any amount referred to in subsection (2A) above as it applies to the amount referred to in subsection (4) of that section.]
(3)In this Act a tenancy falling within subsection (1) above is referred to as a “tenancy at a low rent”.
(4)In determining whether a long tenancy is a tenancy at a low rent, there shall be disregarded such part (if any) of the sums payable by the tenant as is expressed (in whatever terms) to be payable in respect of rates, [F4council tax,]services, repairs, maintenance, or insurance, unless it could not have been regarded by the parties as a part so payable.
(5)In subsection (4) above “long tenancy” means a tenancy granted for a term certain exceeding 21 years, other than a tenancy which is, or may become, terminable before the end of that term by notice given to the tenant.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 17
F2Words repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 25 Pt. II para. 75, Sch. 26
F3S. 5(2A)(2B) inserted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 18
F4Words in s. 5(4) inserted (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/651, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 4
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5 modified by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), Sch. 8 para. 1
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