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”.