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[F1The tenant or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house—
(a)has been guilty of conduct causing or likely to cause a nuisance or annoyance to a person residing, visiting or otherwise engaging in a lawful activity in the locality,
[F2(aa)has been guilty of conduct causing or likely to cause a nuisance or annoyance to the landlord of the dwelling-house, or a person employed (whether or not by the landlord) in connection with the exercise of the landlord's housing management functions, and that is directly or indirectly related to or affects those functions,] or
(b)has been convicted of—
(i)using the dwelling-house or allowing it to be used for immoral or illegal purposes, or
(ii)an [F3indictable] offence committed in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 Pt. II Ground 14 substituted (28.2.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 148; S.I. 1997/225, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F2Sch. 2 Pt. II Ground 14(aa) inserted (13.5.2014 for E., 13.5.2014 for W.) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 98(2), 185(1), (2)(c), (3)(a) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 2(a); S.I. 2014/1241, art. 2(a); S.I. 2014/949, art. 2(a); S.I. 2014/1241, art. 2(a)
F3Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Ground 14 para.(b)(ii) substituted (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 178 {Sch. 7 para. 46}; S.I.2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)
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