7(1)Section 82A (demoted tenancy) is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)The court may not make a demotion order in relation to a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England if—
(a)the landlord is a local housing authority or housing action trust, and
(b)the term has less than 1 year and 9 months left to run
(4B)But subsection (4A) does not apply to a tenancy to which an exception in section 86A(2) or (3) applies.”
(3)In subsection (5), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)the period or term of the tenancy (but see subsection (6));”.
(4)For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6)Subsection (5)(b) does not apply if—
(a)the secure tenancy was for a fixed term and was an old-style secure tenancy or a flexible tenancy, or
(b)the secure tenancy was for a fixed term and was a tenancy of a dwelling-house in Wales,
and in such a case the demoted tenancy is a weekly periodic tenancy.”