Amendment: notice to be served before proceedings for a demotion order

2.—(1) The Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 2, add—

“3.   The notice to be served on a secure tenant under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for a demotion order under section 82A(2) of that Act, shall be in the form specified in Part III of the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the same effect.”

(3) In the Schedule, after Part II add—

“Part III Notice before proceedings for a demotion order

• Housing Act 1985, s83

This Notice is the first step towards the termination of your secure tenancy and its replacement with a demoted tenancy. You should read it very carefully.

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(1)

SI 1987/755 as amended by SI 1997/71 and SI 1997/377.

(2)

Section 82A was inserted by section 14(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38)