The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 11th February 2003.

(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to premises situated in England.

Amendment of Regulations

2.  The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1997(1) are amended—

(a) in regulation 3 (prescribed forms), by the substitution for paragraph (d) of the following paragraphs—

“(d) for a notice under section 13(2) proposing a new rent for an assured tenancy of premises situated in England, Form No. 4B;

(da) for a notice under section 13(2) proposing a new rent or licence fee for an assured agricultural occupancy of premises situated in England, Form No. 4C;”

(b) in the Schedule—

(i) by the omission of Form No. 4A; and

(ii) by the insertion, after Form No. 4(2), of the forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation and saving

3.—(1) The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002(3) are hereby revoked.

(2) A notice under section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 (notice proposing a new rent) that—

(a) is in Form No. 4A or in a form substantially to the same effect; and

(b) is served in the period beginning with 11th February 2003 and ending with 11th April 2003,

shall be treated as in the prescribed form.

Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State

Christopher Leslie

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

10th February 2003