SCHEDULES

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

F17Assured tenancies

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

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”,

F11F5b

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”F1in relation to a dwelling-house in England and “six months” in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales, F7...

d

in subsection (4B)

F10i

for “two weeks” there were substituted F8“the relevant notice period”F2in relation to a dwelling-house in EnglandF9, 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.

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 than F13four months’ rent is 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 Grounds F167B, 14A, 14ZA or 17 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, two weeks.