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  • [F1Either—

    (a)

    a relevant order [F2, a suspended anti-social behaviour possession order or a suspended riot-related possession order] is in force, or

    (b)

    an application is pending before any court for a relevant order, a demotion order [F3, an anti-social behaviour possession order or a riot-related 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; F4 ...

    • an injunction to which a power of arrest is attached by virtue of section 91 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 [F5or section 27 of the Police and Justice Act 2006].

    • [F6an injunction under section 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;

    • an order under section 22 of that Act.]

  • [F7 An “ anti-social behaviour 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. ]

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

  • [F8 A “ riot-related possession order ” means an order for possession under Ground 2ZA in Schedule 2 to this Act or Ground 14ZA in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988. ]

  • F9 ...

  • 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

F1Sch. 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)

F4Word in Sch. 3 Ground 2A omitted (20.10.2014 for E., 21.10.2014 for W.) by virtue of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1)(2)(c)(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 15(4)(a) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2590, art. 2(h); S.I. 2014/2830, art. 2(g)(viii)

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