Determination of whether existing tenancy or licence is occupation contract
2(1)Schedule 2 applies to—
(a)a tenancy or licence which immediately before the appointed day was a secure tenancy, an assured tenancy, an introductory tenancy or a demoted tenancy, and
(b)a tenancy which existed immediately before the appointed day but is not within paragraph (a),
as if paragraphs 3(2)(b) and 4 (care institutions) were omitted.
(2)Schedule 2 applies to a tenancy which immediately before the appointed day was a secure tenancy, an assured tenancy, an introductory tenancy or a demoted tenancy as if paragraphs 3(2)(c) and 5 (temporary expedients) were omitted.
(3)The landlord may, in relation to a tenancy or licence which existed immediately before the appointed day, give notice under paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 2 at any time before the end of the initial notice period.
(4)If the landlord does so, the tenancy or licence is to be treated as having become an occupation contract on the appointed day.