Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 wholly in force at 1.11.1993 see s. 188(2) and S.I. 1993/2134, art. 5
6(1)Where a relevant notice of claim is given, then during the currency of the claim and for three months thereafter the lease of any flat held by a participating tenant shall not terminate—E+W
(a)by effluxion of time, or
(b)in pursuance of a notice to quit given by the landlord, or
(c)by the termination of a superior lease;
but if the claim is not effective, and but for this sub-paragraph the lease would have so terminated before the end of those three months, the lease shall so terminate at the end of those three months.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) shall not be taken to prevent an earlier termination of the lease in any manner not mentioned in that sub-paragraph, and shall not affect—
(a)the power under section 146(4) of the M1Law of Property Act 1925 (relief against forfeiture of leases) to grant a tenant relief against the termination of a superior lease, or
(b)any right of the tenant to relief under section 16(2) of the M2Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (relief where landlord proceeding to enforce covenants) or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to that Act (relief in proceedings brought by superior landlord).
(3)The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to section 16(2) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 includes a reference to those provisions as they apply in relation to Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.