PART 3NOTICE PERIODS: AMENDMENTS TO MODIFICATIONS MADE BY SCHEDULE 29
INTRODUCTORY TENANCIES
Amendment of modifications made to section 128 of the Housing Act 199611
1
Paragraph 8 of Schedule 29 (notice of possession proceedings in relation to introductory tenancies) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (b), in inserted subsection (4A)(a)(ii) of the modification, for “, three months beginning with the date on which the notice of proceedings is served” substitute
—
aa
four weeks beginning with the date on which the notice of proceedings is served where the landlord has specified in the notice of proceedings an ASB reason for applying for a possession order (whether or not the landlord has any other reason), and
ab
in any other case, six months from the date on which the notice of proceedings is served
3
In paragraph (c), in inserted subsection (8) of the modification, in the definition of “ASB reason”—
a
after ““ASB reason” means” insert “, in relation to a dwelling-house in England,”, and
b
at the end, insert “and, in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales, a reason which corresponds to any of those set out in section 84A(3) to (7) of the Housing Act 1985 or Grounds 2 and 2A of Schedule 2 to that Act”.