Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”). They prescribe forms for the purposes of various provisions of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 relating to assured tenancies and assured agricultural occupancies. The use for those purposes of forms substantially to the same effect as the prescribed forms is authorised by regulation 2.
Forms 3 and 4 prescribed by the 1988 Regulationshave been amalgamated as new Form 3 with minor drafting amendments and with other amendments consequential on the Housing Act 1996. Forms 6A, 6B and 7 prescribed by the 1988 Regulations (Forms 6A and 6B were inserted by the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1993) have not been reproduced. Other forms prescribed by the 1988 Regulations have been reproduced with minor drafting amendments and with other amendments consequential on the Housing Act 1996. New Forms 8 and 9, which relate to the replacement of assured tenancies and assured agricultural occupancies by assured shorthold tenancies, are prescribed in consequence of amendments made to the Housing Act 1988 by the Housing Act 1996.
Regulation 4 revokes the 1988 Regulations, the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1989, the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1993.