SCHEDULES

Prospective

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

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)E+W

10(1)Section 86 (periodic tenancy arising on termination of fixed term) is amended as follows.E+W

(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) ”.