Housing Act 1985

Valid from 15/06/2005

• [F1 Either—

  (a)

  a relevant order or suspended Ground 2 or 14 possession order is in force, or

  (b)

  an application is pending before any court for a relevant order, a demotion order or a Ground 2 or 14 possession order to be made,

  in respect of the tenant or the proposed assignee or a person who is residing with either of them.

• A “relevant order” means—

  • an injunction under section 152 of the Housing Act 1996 (injunctions against anti-social behaviour);

  • an injunction to which a power of arrest is attached by virtue of section 153 of that Act (other injunctions against anti-social behaviour);

  • an injunction under section 153A, 153B or 153D of that Act (injunctions against anti-social behaviour on application of certain social landlords);

  • an anti-social behaviour order under section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; or

  • an injunction to which a power of arrest is attached by virtue of section 91 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003.

• A “demotion order” means a demotion order under section 82A of this Act or section 6A of the Housing Act 1988.

• A “Ground 2 or 14 possession order” means an order for possession under Ground 2 in Schedule 2 to this Act or Ground 14 in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.

• Where the tenancy of the tenant or the proposed assignee is a joint tenancy, any reference to that person includes (where the context permits) a reference to any of the joint tenants.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Ground 2A inserted (6.6.2005 for E. and 14.7.2005 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 191, 270(4)(5); S.I. 2005/1451, art. 2(b); S.I. 2005/1814, art. 2(a)