SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Secure tenancies etc: phasing out of tenancies for life

Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)

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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.

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;

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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;