Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Grounds for Possession of Dwelling-houses let on Assured Tenancies

Part II E+W Grounds on which Court may Order Possession

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (Grounds 9–15) applied with modifications by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 75:1), s. 186, Sch. 10 paras. 5, 21, 22

Ground 14 E+W

[F1 The 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 [F3 indictable] offence committed in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. II Ground 14 substituted (28.2.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 148; S.I. 1997/225, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F2 Sch. 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)

F3 Word 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)