- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
Dyma’r fersiwn wreiddiol (fel y’i gwnaed yn wreiddiol).
(1)Part 4 of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies and rights of secure tenants) is amended as follows.
(2)After section 81 insert—
(1)This section applies where a local housing authority grants a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England before the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (grant of new secure tenancies in England) comes fully into force.
(2)The local housing authority must grant a secure tenancy that is not a flexible tenancy if—
(a)the tenancy is offered to a person who is or was a tenant of some other dwelling-house under a qualifying tenancy (whether as the sole tenant or as a joint tenant), and
(b)the authority is satisfied that—
(i)the person or a member of the person’s household is or has been a victim of domestic abuse carried out by another person, and
(ii)the new tenancy is granted for reasons connected with that abuse.
(3)The local housing authority must grant a secure tenancy that is not a flexible tenancy if—
(a)the tenancy is offered to a person who was a joint tenant of the dwelling-house under a qualifying tenancy, and
(b)the authority is satisfied that—
(i)the person or a member of the person’s household is or has been a victim of domestic abuse carried out by another person, and
(ii)the new tenancy is granted for reasons connected with that abuse.
(4)In this section—
“abuse” means—
physical or sexual abuse;
violent or threatening behaviour;
controlling or coercive behaviour;
economic abuse (within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);
psychological, emotional or other abuse;
“domestic abuse” means abuse carried out by a person who is personally connected to the victim of the abuse (within the meaning of section 2 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);
“qualifying tenancy” means a tenancy of a dwelling-house in England which is—
a secure tenancy other than a flexible tenancy, or
an assured tenancy—
which is not an assured shorthold tenancy, and
which is granted by a private registered provider of social housing, by the Regulator of Social Housing or by a housing trust which is a charity.
(5)For the purposes of this section, a person may be a victim of domestic abuse despite the fact that the abuse is directed at another person (for example, the person’s child).”
(3)In section 81B (cases where old-style English secure tenancies may be granted)—
(a)in subsection (2C)—
(i)for the definition of “abuse” substitute—
““abuse” means—
physical or sexual abuse;
violent or threatening behaviour;
controlling or coercive behaviour;
economic abuse (within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);
psychological, emotional or other abuse;”;
(ii)for the definition of “domestic abuse” substitute—
““domestic abuse” means abuse carried out by a person who is personally connected to the victim of the abuse (within the meaning of section 2 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);”;
(b)after subsection (2C) insert—
“(2D)For the purposes of this section, a person may be a victim of domestic abuse despite the fact that the abuse is directed at another person (for example, the person’s child).”
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