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37 No further assured tenancies under Housing Act 1980.E+W
(1)A tenancy which is entered into on or after the commencement of this Act cannot be an assured tenancy for the purposes of sections 56 to 58 of the M1Housing Act 1980 (in this section referred to as a “1980 Act tenancy”).
(2)In any case where—
(a)before the commencement of this Act, a tenant under a 1980 Act tenancy made an application to the court under section 24 of the M2Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (for the grant of a new tenancy), and
(b)at the commencement of this Act the 1980 Act tenancy is continuing by virtue of that section or of any provision of Part IV of the said Act of 1954,
section 1(3) of this Act shall not apply to the 1980 Act tenancy.
(3)If, in a case falling within subsection (2) above, the court makes an order for the grant of a new tenancy under section 29 of the M3Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, that tenancy shall be an assured tenancy for the purposes of this Act.
(4)In any case where—
(a)before the commencement of this Act a contract was entered into for the grant of a 1980 Act tenancy, but
(b)at the commencement of this Act the tenancy had not been granted,
the contract shall have effect as a contract for the grant of an assured tenancy (within the meaning of this Act).
(5)In relation to an assured tenancy falling within subsection (3) above or granted pursuant to a contract falling within subsection (4) above, Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect as if it consisted only of paragraphs 11 and 12; and, if the landlord granting the tenancy is a fully mutual housing association, then, so long as that association remains the landlord under that tenancy (and under any statutory periodic tenancy which arises on the coming to an end of that tenancy), the said paragraph 12 shall have effect in relation to that tenancy with the omission of sub-paragraph (1)(h).
(6)Any reference in this section to a provision of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is a reference only to that provision as applied by section 58 of the M4Housing Act 1980.
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