Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 29 E+W Residential tenancies in England and Wales: protection from eviction

Assured tenancies E+W

6 E+W Section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 (notice of proceedings for possession: assured tenancies) is to be read, in relation to notices served under that section during the relevant period, as if—

(a) in subsection (3A)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “periodic tenancy,” there were substituted “periodic tenancy—

“(i) three months after the date on which the notice was served, and

(ii)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b) for “one month” there were substituted “ three months”,

(b) in subsection (4) after “earlier than” there were inserted “ three months after ”,

(c) in subsection (4A)(a) for “two months” there were substituted “three months” [F1 in relation to a dwelling-house in England and “six months” in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales], and

(d) in subsection (4B) for “two weeks” there were substituted “three months” [F2 in relation to a dwelling-house in England and “six months” in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 29 para. 6(c) inserted (24.7.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Assured Tenancies and Assured Shorthold Tenancies, Extension of Notice Periods) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/778), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

F2 Words in Sch. 29 para. 6(d) inserted (24.7.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Assured Tenancies and Assured Shorthold Tenancies, Extension of Notice Periods) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/778), regs. 1(2), 2(2)