PART III RIGHTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR TENANTS
Security of tenure
49 Rights of landlord where a secure tenancy appears to have been abandoned.
1
This section shall have effect where a landlord who has let a house under a secure tenancy has reasonable grounds for believing that—
a
the house is unoccupied; and
b
the tenant does not intend to occupy it as his home.
2
The landlord shall be entitled to enter the house at any time for the purpose of securing the house and any fittings, fixtures or furniture against vandalism.
3
For the purposes of subsection (2), the landlord and its servants or agents may open, by force if necessary, doors and lockfast places.
4
The landlord may take possession of the house in accordance with section 50.