Housing Act 1985

3 (1) In the case of a house completed on or after 18th April 1946 the payment of a contribution for any year during which the house is at any time occupied by a member of the agricultural population in pursuance of a contract of service and otherwise than as a tenant is also subject to the following condition.

(2) The condition is that if the contract of service is terminated—

(a) by less than four weeks' notice given by the employer, or

(b) by dismissal of the employee without notice, or

(c) by the death of either party,

the employer or his personal representatives will permit the employee (or, in the case of his death, any person residing with him at his death) to continue to occupy the house free of charge from the determination of the contract until the expiration of a period of four weeks beginning with the date on which the notice is given, or, if the contract is determined otherwise than by notice, with the date on which it is determined.