SCHEDULES

Prospective

SCHEDULE 7 E+W Secure tenancies etc: phasing out of tenancies for life

Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) E+W

1 (1) Section 52 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (conveyances to be by deed, unless excepted by subsection (2) of that section) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (2), after paragraph (db) insert—

“(dc) secure tenancies of dwellings in England granted on or after the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force, other than old-style secure tenancies;”;

(dd) introductory tenancies of dwellings in England granted on or after the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force;”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) in the definition of “flexible tenancy”, for “107A” substitute “ 115B ”;

(b) at the appropriate places insert—

““introductory tenancy” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Housing Act 1996;”;

““secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985 and “old-style secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 115C of that Act;”.