Housing Act 1985

4 (1) A tenancy granted in pursuance of—

(a) section 63 (duty to house pending inquiries in case of apparent priority need),

(b) section 65(3) (duty to house temporarily person found to have priority need but to have become homeless intentionally), or

(c) section 68(1) duty to house pending determination whether conditions for referral of application are satisfied),

is not a secure tenancy before the expiry of the period of twelve months beginning with the date specified in sub-paragraph (2), unless before the expiry of that period the tenant is notified by the landlord that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.

(2) The date referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is the date on which the tenant received the notification required by section 64(1) (notification of decision on question of homelessness or threatened homelessness) or, if he received a notification under section 68(3) (notification of which authority has duty to house), the date on which he received that notification.