Coronavirus Act 2020

Changes over time for: Paragraph 6

Version Superseded: 25/03/2022

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[F16E+WSection 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—

F2[F3(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”,]

F4[F5(b)in subsection (4) after “earlier than” there were inserted “three months after”,]

(c)in subsection (4A)(a) for “two months” there were substituted [F6“the relevant notice period”] [F7in relation to a dwelling-house in England and “six months” in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales], F8...

(d)in subsection (4B)

[F9(i)]for “two weeks” there were substituted [F10“the relevant notice period”] [F11in relation to a dwelling-house in England] [F12, and

(ii)for “two weeks from the date of the service of the notice” there were substituted, in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales

“—

(a)two weeks from the date of the service of the notice where Ground 14A in Schedule 2 is specified without any other ground, and

(b)where paragraph (b) does not apply, six months from the date of the service of the notice.”]

[F13, 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 [F14four months’ rent] is unpaid,

[F15two months (in the case of a notice served on or after 1 August 2021 in which any of Grounds 8, 10 or 11 is specified and no other ground) or four months (in any other case)],

[F16(b)where paragraph (a) does not apply and Ground 7 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, two 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 [F177B,] 14A, 14ZA or 17 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, two weeks.”.]]