SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Grounds for Possession of Dwelling-Houses Let underSecure Tenancies

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 excluded (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 9

Part III E+W Grounds on which the Court may Order Possession if it Considers it Reasonable and Suitable Alternative Accommodation is Available

Ground 12 E+W

The dwelling-house forms part of, or is within the curtilage of, a building which, or so much of it as is held by the landlord, is held mainly for purposes other than housing purposes and consists mainly of accommodation other than housing accommodation, or is situated in a cemetery, and—

(a) the dwelling-house was let to the tenant or a predecessor in title of his in consequence of the tenant or predecessor being in the employment of the landlord or of—

• a local authority,

• a [F1 development] corporation,

• [F2 a housing action trust]

• [F3 a Mayoral development corporation, ]

• an urban development corporation,

• F4 . . . or

• the governors of an aided school,

and that employment has ceased, and

(b) the landlord reasonably requires the dwelling-house for occupation as a residence for some person either engaged in the employment of the landlord, or of such a body, or with whom a contract for such employment has been entered into conditional on housing being provided.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Ground 12(a) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 29(3) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)

F2 Entry in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Ground 12(a) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 83(6)(b)

F3 Entry in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Ground 12(a) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 17

F4 Entry in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Ground 12(a) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(20, 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4