3Section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 (proceedings for possession etc. of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy: general notice requirements) is to be read, in relation to notices served under that section during the relevant period, as if—
(a)subsection (3) were omitted,
(b)in subsection (4) for the words from the beginning to “specified in the notice,” there were substituted “If the proceedings are for an order for the possession of a dwelling-house,”,
(c)after subsection (4A) there were inserted—
“(4B)The date specified in accordance with subsection (4)—
(a)must not be earlier than three months after the date of service of the notice, and
(b)in a case where the tenancy is a periodic tenancy, must also not be earlier than the date on which the tenancy could, apart from this Part, be brought to an end by notice to quit given by the landlord on the same date as the notice under this section.”,
(d)in subsection (5) for “subsection (3), (4) or (4A)” there were substituted “subsection (4A)”, and
(e)in subsection (6) for “subsections (3) to (5)” there were substituted “subsections (4B)(b) and (5)”.