Coronavirus Act 2020

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—

[F1 (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”,]

[F2 (b) in subsection (4) after “earlier than” there were inserted “three months after”,]

(c) in subsection (4A)(a) for “two months” there were substituted [F3 “the relevant notice period”] [F4 in relation to a dwelling-house in England and “six months” in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales], F5 ...

(d) in subsection (4B) for “two weeks” there were substituted [F6 “the relevant notice period”] [F7 in relation to a dwelling-house in England and “six months” in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales] [F8 , and

(e) after subsection (4B) there were inserted in relation to a dwelling-house in England—

“(4BA) In subsections (4A) and (4B), “relevant notice period” means—

(a) where—

(i) any of Grounds 1 to 6, 9, 12, 13, 15 or 16 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, or

(ii) any of Grounds 8, 10 or 11 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice and at the time the notice is served less than six months’ rent is unpaid,

six months,

(b) where paragraph (a) does not apply and one or both of Grounds 7 and 7B in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, three months,

(c) where paragraph (a) and (b) do not apply and any of Grounds 8, 10 or 11 in Schedule 2 to this Act are specified in the notice, four weeks, and

(d) where paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do not apply and any of Grounds 14A, 14ZA or 17 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, two weeks.”.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 29 para. 6(a) suspended (E.) (28.8.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914), regs. 1(2), 2(c) (with reg. 4)

F2 Sch. 29 para. 6(b) suspended (E.) (28.8.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914), regs. 1(2), 2(c) (with reg. 4)

F3 Words in Sch. 29 para. 6(c) substituted (28.8.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a) (with reg. 4)

F4 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)

F5 Word in Sch. 29 para. 6(c) omitted (28.8.2020) by virtue of The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b) (with reg. 4)

F6 Words in Sch. 29 para. 6(d) substituted (28.8.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(c) (with reg. 4)

F7 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)

F8 Sch. 29 para. 6(e) and word inserted (28.8.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(d) (with reg. 4)