5 No statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to Crown or to local authority, etc.E+W
[F1(1)A person shall not at any time be a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house if the interest of his immediate landlord would, at that time—
(a)belong to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or to a government department, or
(b)be held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
except that an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown shall not prevent a person from being a statutory tenant if the interest is under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners.]
(2)A person shall not at any time be a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house if the interest of his immediate landlord would, at that time, belong to any of the bodies specified in subsection (3) below.
(3)The bodies referred to in subsection (2) above are—
(a)the council of a county [F2, county borough] or district or, in the application of this Act to the Isles of Scilly, the Council of those Isles;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London;
[F4(baa)a police authority established under [F5section 3 of thePolice Act 1996][F6, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad and the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service];]
(ba). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
[F8(bb)a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;]
[F9(bbb)the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;]
[F10(bc)the Broads Authority;]
[F11(bd)any National Park authority;]
(c)the Commission for the New Towns
(d)the Housing Corporation;
F12(da). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under the [F13M1New Towns Act 1981], and
(f)a housing trust (as defined in [F14section 15(5) of the M2Rent Act 1977]) which is a charity within the meaning of the [F15the Charities Act 1993].
(4)If any of the conditions for the time being specified in [F16section 15(4) of the M3Rent Act 1977] (conditions for the operation of the corresponding provision of that Act) is fulfilled, a person shall not be a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house at any time if the interest of his immediate landlord would, at that time, [F17belong to a housing association which—
(a)is [F18a registered social landlord within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act)], or
(b)is a co-operative housing association within the meaning of [F19the Housing Associations Act 1985].]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 5(1) substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), s. 73(3)
F2Words in s. 5(3)(a) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(2), Sch. 8 para. 2 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1
F3Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17
F4S. 5(3)(baa) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 52; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.
F5Words in s. 5(3)(baa) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(m)
F6Words in s. 5(3)(baa) added (31.10.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 38; S.I. 1997/2390, art. 2(2)(w)
F7S. 5(3)(ba) (which was inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 55) repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237, Sch. 13 Pt. I
F8S. 5(3)(bb) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 55
F9Words in s. 5(3) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 25 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(a)(h)
F10S. 5(3)(bc) inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 21, 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 6 para. 17
F11S. 5(3)(bd) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 17 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)
F12S. 5(3)(da) repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. VI (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F13Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), s. 81, Sch. 12 para. 23
F14Words substituted by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42, SIF 75:3), s. 156, Sch. 23 para. 73(a)
F15Words in s. 5(3)(f) substituted (1.8.1993) by 1993 c. 10, ss. 98(1), 99(1), Sch. 6 para. 30.
F16Words substituted by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 23 para. 73(b)
F17Words and s. 5(4)(a)(b) substituted for words and s. 5(4)(a)–(d) by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), ss. 4, 5(2), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)
F18Words in s. 5(4)(a) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(a)
F19Words in s. 5(4)(b) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5(2) extended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 14(c)
S. 5(2) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 24(e) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
C2S. 5(3)(bb) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(O)
Marginal Citations