SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 29Residential tenancies in England and Wales: protection from eviction
Consequential modifications in relation to prescribed forms
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F16Part 1 of the Schedule to the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/755) (notice of seeking possession) is to be read, in relation to notices served under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 during the relevant period, as if—
a
in the first paragraph 5—
F8F1i
the words “Cross out this paragraph if possession is being sought on Ground 2 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985 (whether or not possession is also sought on another Ground)” were omitted,
F3ia
where the notice is served in relation to a dwelling-house in England, in the first bullet point, for the words from “the date when” to the end there were substituted “the relevant notice period from the date this Notice is served and also cannot be earlier than the date on which your tenancy or licence could be brought to an end by notice to quit given by the landlord on the same date as this Notice.
ib
where the notice is served in relation to a dwelling-house in England, after the first bullet point, there were inserted—
The relevant notice period is—
a
four weeks where any one or more of the following grounds is specified in the notice—
i
Ground 1 in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985 and at the time the notice is served at leastF12four months’rent is unpaid, or
ii
Grounds 2ZA, 2A or 5 in Schedule 2 to that Act,
and no other ground is specified,F13...
F14b
where paragraph (a) does not apply, Ground 1 in Schedule 2 to that Act is specified in the notice (and no other ground is specified), and at the time the notice is served less than four months’ rent is unpaid, if the notice is served on or after 1 August 2021, two months, and
c
where paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply, four months.
ii
F4where the notice is served in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales, in the first bullet point, for the words from “the date when” to the end there were substituted F11"—
a
four weeks from the date this Notice is served where Ground 2A in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985 is specified in the Notice and no other ground is specified, and
b
where paragraph (a) does not apply, six months from the date this Notice is served.
Court proceedings also cannot be begun earlier than the date on which your tenancy or licence could be brought to an end by notice to quit given by the landlord on the same date as this Notice”, and
iii
in the second bullet point, for “this date” there were substituted “
the date in this paragraph
”, and
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F15Part 2 of the Schedule to the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/755) (notice of seeking termination of tenancy and recovery of possession) is to be read, in relation to notices served under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 during the relevant period, as if after paragraph 4 there were inserted—
