7(1)A tenancy or licence is not an occupation contract at any time when this paragraph applies to it.E+W
(2)This paragraph applies to a tenancy or licence if all the persons with whom it is made are excluded from being contract-holders by section 7(6) (individuals who have not reached the age of 18).
(3)This paragraph also applies to—
(a)a tenancy to which Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) (business tenancies) applies;
(b)a protected occupancy or a statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (c. 80);
(c)a protected tenancy or a statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42);
F1(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)a tenancy of an agricultural holding within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5);
(f)a farm business tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 (c. 8);
(g)a long tenancy (see paragraph 8);
(h)a tenancy or licence which relates to armed forces accommodation (see paragraph 9);
(i)a tenancy or licence which relates to direct access accommodation (see paragraph 10);
[F2(j)a tenancy or licence which relates to accommodation provided—
(i)by, or on behalf of, the Secretary of State in connection with a requirement imposed under section 3(6) (general provisions) of the Bail Act 1976 (c. 63), or
(ii)under Part 1 (arrangements for the provision of probation services) of the Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21) for the probation purposes (within the meaning of section 1 of that Act);
(k)a tenancy or licence which relates to—
(i)accommodation provided under section 4 (accommodation) or Part 6 (support for asylum-seekers, etc.) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), or
(ii)facilities provided under paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19) (immigration bail) for the accommodation of a person at an address specified in an immigration bail condition];
[F3(l)a licence which relates to private sector temporary homelessness accommodation (see paragraph 10A).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 7(3)(d) omitted (7.6.2021) by virtue of Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 5 para. 5(2)
F2Sch. 2 para. 7(3)(j)(k) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/803), regs. 1(1), 2 (as amended by S.I. 2022/906, arts. 1(2), 15)
F3Sch. 2 para. 7(3)(l) inserted (30.11.2023) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 and Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2015 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1277), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(i)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2