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- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 1 by S.I. 2021/284 reg. 2
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- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 1 by S.I. 2021/1456 reg. 2
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- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 1 by S.I. 2021/377 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 2 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 1 by S.I. 2021/377 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 1 by S.I. 2021/708 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 2 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 1 by S.I. 2021/708 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(a)(ib) by S.I. 2021/564 reg. 2(2)(11)
- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(a)(ii) by S.I. 2020/914 reg. 3(2)reg. 3(10)(a)(ii)
- Sch. Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(a)(ii)(iii) by S.I. 2021/1064 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 2 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(2) by S.I. 2020/914 reg. 3(2)reg. 3(10)(b)
- Sch. Pt. 2 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(2) by S.I. 2021/1064 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 1 expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 by 2020 c. 7 s. 89
- Sch. Pt. 2 expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 by 2020 c. 7 s. 89
- Sch. modified by S.I. 2008/2839 Sch. para. 1
- Sch. Pt. 2 Form substituted by S.I. 2021/946 Sch.
- Sch. Pt. 2 Form substituted by S.I. 2021/994 reg. 4 Sch. 1
- Sch. suspension of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 10(2) by S.I. 2021/946 reg. 2
- Sch. Pt. 1 suspension of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(a)(i) by S.I. 2020/914 reg. 2(d)
- Sch. Pt. 1 suspension of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(a)(i) by S.I. 2020/1044 reg. 13(3)
- Sch. Pt. 1 suspension of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(b) by S.I. 2020/914 reg. 2(d)
- Sch. Pt. 1 suspension of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(b) by S.I. 2020/1044 reg. 13(3)
- Sch. Pt. 1 suspension of earlier amending provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 para. 10(1)(a)(ii)(iii) by S.I. 2021/994 reg. 3
- Sch. Pt. 2 words inserted (temp.) by 2020 c. 7 Sch. 29 para. 10(2)
- Sch. Pt. 1 words inserted (temp.) by 2020 c. 7, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 10(1)(a)(ia) (as inserted) by S.I. 2020/914 reg. 3(2)reg. 3(10)(a)(i)
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- Sch. Pt. 1 words omitted (temp.) by 2020 c. 7 Sch. 29 para. 10(1)(a)(i)
- Sch. Pt. 1 words omitted (temp.) by 2020 c. 7 Sch. 29 para. 10(1)(b)
- Sch. Pt. 1 Notice words substituted by S.I. 1997/377 reg. 2(2)
- Sch. Pt. 1 Notice words substituted by S.I. 1997/71 reg. 2(a)
- Sch. Pt. 1 words substituted (temp.) by 2020 c. 7 Sch. 29 para. 10(1)(a)(ii)
- Sch. Pt. 1 words substituted (temp.) by 2020 c. 7 Sch. 29 para. 10(1)(a)(iii)
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- Sch. Pt. 3 added by S.I. 2004/1627 reg. 2(3)
- Sch. Pt. 3 added by S.I. 2005/1226 reg. 2(3)
- Sch. Pt. 3 para. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2010/671 Sch. 1 para. 8 (This amendment comes into force on the day the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 111 comes into force. S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 commenced that provision on 1.4.2010)
- Sch. Pt. 1 para. 4 words substituted by S.I. 2010/671 Sch. 1 para. 6 (This amendment comes into force on the day the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 111 comes into force. S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 commenced that provision on 1.4.2010)
- Sch. Pt. 2 para. 4 words substituted by S.I. 2010/671 Sch. 1 para. 7 (This amendment comes into force on the day the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 111 comes into force. S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 commenced that provision on 1.4.2010)
- reg. 1A inserted by S.I. 2022/907 Sch. 1 para. 9
- reg. 3 added by S.I. 2004/1627 reg. 2(2)
- reg. 3 added by S.I. 2005/1226 reg. 2(2)
Statutory Instruments
1987 No. 755
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987
Made
22nd April 1987
Coming into force
13th May 1987
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 83(2) and (6) of the Housing Act 1985,(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 13th May 1987.E+W
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 13.5.1987, see reg. 1
2.—(1) The notice to be served on a secure tenant under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy which is a periodic tenancy, shall be in the form specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the same effect.E+W
(2) The notice to be served on a secure tenant under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for the termination of a secure tenancy which is a tenancy for a term certain, and for possession of the dwelling-house let under that tenancy, shall be in the form specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the same effect.
(3) The Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1980(2) and the Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 1984(3) are hereby revoked.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 13.5.1987, see reg. 1
Regulation 2
SCHEDULEE+W
PART IE+Wnotice of seeking possession
Housing Act 1985, section 83E+W
PART IIE+Wnotice of seeking termination of tenancy and recovery of possession
Housing Act 1985, section 83E+W
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
16th April 1987
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
22nd April 1987
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the forms of notice which have to be served on a secure tenant under the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy or for the termination of a secure tenancy. The forms replace those prescribed by the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1980 and those Regulations, and the Regulations amending them, are revoked by regulation 3.
The new forms incorporate drafting amendments and amendments consequent on the Housing Act 1985, and the new Ground for possession (10A) introduced by section 9 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).
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