Part VConduct of tenants

Chapter IIRepossession, &c.: secure and assured tenancies

Assured tenancies

148Extension of ground of nuisance or annoyance to adjoining occupiers &c

For Ground 14 in Schedule 2 to the [1988 c. 50.] Housing Act 1988 (nuisance or annoyance to adjoining occupiers etc.) substitute—

Ground 14

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, 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 arrestable offence committed in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house.