SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 29Residential tenancies in England and Wales: protection from eviction
F17Assured tenancies
6
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—
F12F4a
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
ii
in paragraph (b) for “one month” there were substituted “
three months”,
c
d
in subsection (4B)
F10i
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.
F3, 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 thanF13four months’ rentis unpaid,
F14two 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),
F15b
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 GroundsF167B,14A, 14ZA or 17 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, two weeks.
Sch. 29 paras. 5-9 suspended (E.) (1.10.2021) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/994), regs. 1(3), 3 (with reg. 6(1)(3))