Law of Property Act 1969

4 Restriction on termination of tenancy by agreement

(1) At the end of section 24(2) of the Act of 1954 (which includes notice to quit by the tenant and surrender among the means by which a tenancy to which Part II of that Act applies can be brought to an end) there shall be added the words " unless—

(a) in the case of a notice to quit, the notice was given before the tenant had been in occupation in right of the tenancy for one month ; or

(b) in the case of an instrument of surrender, the instrument was executed before, or was executed in pursuance of an agreement made before, the tenant had been in occupation in right of the tenancy for one month."

(2) Section 27 of the Act of 1954 (termination by tenant of tenancy for fixed term) shall be amended as follows:—

(a) at the end of subsection (1) (notice by tenant that he does not desire tenancy to be continued) there shall be added the words " unless the notice is given before the tenant has been in occupation in right of the tenancy for one month "; and

(b) in subsection (2) (termination on quarter day by tenant's notice) the words " before or " shall be omitted and at the end of the subsection there shall be added the words " or before that date, but not before the tenant has been in occupation in right of the tenancy for one month ".