SCHEDULES

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

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

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1

Section 86 (periodic tenancy arising on termination of fixed term) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), after “secure tenancy” insert “ to which this section applies ”.

3

After subsection (1) insert—

1A

This section applies to a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in Wales.

1B

This section also applies to a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England that is—

a

an old-style secure tenancy, or

b

a flexible tenancy the term of which ends within the period of 9 months beginning with the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force,

unless it is a tenancy excluded by subsection (1C).

4

In subsection (2), for “this section” substitute “ subsection (1) ”.