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 IIINotice 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.
SI 1987/755 as amended by SI 1997/71 and SI 1997/377.
Section 82A was inserted by section 14(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38)