Housing and Planning Act 1986

13 Other amendments relating to assured tenancies. E+W

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(4) In section 37 of the M1 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (compensation where an order for new tenancy precluded on certain grounds), in subsection (2) (computation of compensation) as set out in paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Act 1980 (application of 1.954 Act to assured tenancies), after “be” insert “the product of the appropriate multiplier and”.

The above amendment applies notwithstanding that the application to the court under section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 was made before the commencement of this section, unless the application has been finally disposed of within the meaning of section 64(2) of that Act before commencement.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(6) In Schedule 5 to the Housing Act 1980 (application of Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to assured tenancies), for paragraph 8 (modification of provisions relating to contracting out) substitute—

“8 Section 38 applies as if the following provisions were omitted—

(a) in subsection (1), the words “(except as provided by subsection (4) of this section)” ;

(b) in subsection (2), the words from the beginning to the end of paragraph (b) ;

(c) subsections (3) and (4).”

The above amendment, so far as it relates to section 38(4) of the M2 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, does not apply to an agreement both approved by the court under that provision and entered into before the commencement of this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 7, 13(1)–(3) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

F2 Ss. 12, 13(5) repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18

Marginal Citations

M1 1954 c. 56

M2 1954 c. 56.