SCHEDULES

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

Secure tenancies

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Section 83ZA of the Housing Act 1985 (notice requirements in relation to proceedings for possession on absolute ground for anti-social behaviour) is to be read, in relation to notices served under that section during the relevant period, as if—

(a)

for subsection (10) there were substituted—

“(10)

The date specified in accordance with subsection (9)(a)—

(a)

must not be earlier than three months after the date of the 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 day as the notice under this section.”, and

(b)

in subsection (11) for “subsection (10)(a)” there were substituted “subsection (10)(b)”.