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- s. 13(1AB) inserted by 2016 c. 22 Sch. 7 para. 18(2)
[F19(1)Paragraphs 2 to 8 do not apply to a tenant of—E+W
unless the tenancy is a long tenancy, in which case paragraphs 2 to 5 and 7 and 8 apply but paragraph 6 does not.
(2)Subsections (2) and (3) of section 26 shall apply for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as they apply for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section.]
TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
1. The following abbreviations are used in this Table:— | Acts of Parliament |
|---|---|
| 1957 | = The Housing Act 1957 (c. 56). |
| 1961 | = The Housing Act 1961 (c. 65). |
| 1962 | = The Landlord and Tenant Act 1962 (c. 50). |
| 1963 (c. 33) | = The London Government Act 1963. |
| 1968 (c. 23) | = The Rent Act, 1968. |
| 1969 | = The Housing Act 1969 (c. 33). |
| 1972 (c. 70) | = The Local Government Act 1972. |
| 1974 | = The Housing Act 1974 (c. 44). |
| 1975 | = The Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 (c. 6). |
| 1976 (c. 80) | = The Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976. |
| 1977 (c. 42) | = The Rent Act 1977. |
| 1980 | = The Housing Act 1980 (c. 51). |
| 1980 (c. 65) | = The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. |
| 1981 (c. 64) | = The New Towns Act 1981. |
| 1982 (c. 48) | = The Criminal Justice Act 1982. |
| 1985 (c. 9) | = The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985. |
| 1985(c. 51) | = The Local Government Act 1985. |
Subordinate legislation
S.I. 1975/512 = The Isles of Scilly (Housing) Order 1975.
2. The Table does not show the effect of Transfer of Functions Orders.
3. The letter R followed by a number indicates that the provision gives effect to the Recommendation bearing that number in the Law Commissions’ Report of the Consolidation of the Housing Acts (Cmnd. 9515).
4. The entry “drafting” indicates a provision of a mechanical or editorial nature affecting the arrangement of the consolidation; for instance, a provision introducing the provisions which follow or introducing a definition to avoid undue repetition of the defining words.
| Provision | Derivation |
|---|---|
| 1(1) | 1974 s. 121(1). |
| (2) | 1974 s. 121(1); 1980 s. 144; 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1). |
| (3) | 1974 s. 121(9). |
| 2(1), (2) | 1974 s. 121(2). |
| (3) | 1974 s. 121(4). |
| (4) | 1974 s. 121(5); 1980 s. 144; 1982 (c. 48 ss. 37, 46(1). |
| 3(1) | 1974 s. 122(1), (2). |
| (2) | 1974 s. 122(4). |
| (3) | 1974 s. 122(5); 1980 s. 144; 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1). |
| (4) | 1974 s. 122(8), (9)(a). |
| 4(1) | 1962 s. 1(1). |
| (2) | 1962 s. 1(2). |
| (3) | 1962 ss. 1(1), 6(1)(a). |
| Provision | Derivation |
| 5(1) | 1962 s. 2(1); 1976 (c. 80) Sch. 8 para. 9; 1977 (c. 42) Sch. 23 para. 31(a), (b). |
| (2) | 1962 s. 2(1); 1968 (c. 23) Sch. 15. |
| (3) | 1962 s. 6(1)(b). |
| 6(1) | 1962 s. 3(1). |
| (2) | 1962 s. 3(2). |
| 7(1), (2) | 1962 s. 4(1), (3); 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1), Sch. 3. |
| (3) | 1962 s. 4(2), (3); 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1), Sch. 3. |
| (4) | 1962 s. 4(4). |
| 8(1), (2) | 1957 s. 6(2), (3). |
| (3) | 1957 s. 6(1), (2). |
| (4) | 1957 s. 6(1); 1963 (c. 33) Sch. 8 para. 2. |
| (5) | 1957 s. 6(2) proviso. |
| (6) | 1957 s. 189(1) “house” (a). |
| 9(1), (2) | 1957 s. 7. |
| (3) | 1957 ss. 7, 189(1) “house” (a). |
| 10 | 1957 s. 4(1); 1969 s. 71. |
| 11(1) | 1961 s. 32(1). |
| (2) | 1961 s. 32(2). |
| (3) | 1961 s. 32(3). |
| (4) | 1961 s. 32(1), (2). |
| (5) | 1961 s. 32(1). |
| (6) | 1961 s. 32(4). |
| 12(1) | 1961 s. 33(7). |
| (2) | 1961 s. 33(6). |
| 13(1) | 1961 s. 33(1). |
| (2) | 1961 s. 33(2), (5). |
| 14(1), (2) | 1961 s. 33(3). |
| (3) | 1961 s. 33(4). |
| (4) | 1977 (c. 42) ss. 14, 15(3); 1980 s. 80(1)(a)-(c), (2), (3); 1980 (c. 65) s. 155(1); 1981 (c. 64) Sch. 12 para. 24. |
| (5) | 1980 s. 80(1)(d), (e). |
| 15 | 1961 s. 33(8). |
| 16 | 1961 s. 32(5). |
| 17(1) | 1974 s. 125(1). |
| (2) | 1974 s. 125(2); R.14(i). |
| 18(1)(3) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 1(1). |
| 19(1) | 1980 Sch. 19 paras. 2, 3. |
| (2) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 2. |
| (3) | 180 Sch. 19 para. 11. |
| (4) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 12. |
| 20(1) | 1980 Sch. 19 paras. 2, 4(1). |
| (2) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 4(2). |
| (3) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 5(1)(6). |
| (4) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 5(7). |
| (5) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 6. |
| (6) | 1980 s. 151(1), (3). |
| 21(1) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 7(1), (5). |
| (2) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 7(2). |
| (3) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 9. |
| (4) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 7(1). |
| (5), (6) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 7(3) |
| 22(1), (2) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 7(4). |
| (3) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 9. |
| (4) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 7(4). |
| 23(1), (2) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 8(1), (2). |
| 24 | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 10. |
| 25(1), (2) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 13(1); 1982 (c. 48) ss. 37, 46(1). |
| 26(1) | 1980 s. 50(1) “development corporation”, “local authority”[F2“a National Park authority”], Sch. 19 para. 14(1), (2)(a). |
| (2), (3) | 1980 Sch. 3 para. 1(2), (2A), (3), Sch. 19 para. 14(1); 1984 Sch. 1 para. 12, Sch. 11 para. 33(1). |
| 27 | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 15. |
| 28(1) | drafting. |
| (2) | 1980 Sch. 16 para. 3(2), Sch. 19 para. 17(1); 1985 (c. 9) Sch. 2. |
| (3) | 1980 Sch. 16 para. 3(4), Sch. 19 para. 17(1). |
| (4) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 17(2). |
| (5) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 17(2)(b); 1985 (c. 9) Sch. 2. |
| (6) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 14(1),(2)(b). |
| 29(1) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 20. |
| (2), (3) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 21(1). |
| (4) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 20(b). |
| (5) | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 21(2). |
| (6) | 1980 s. 151(1), (3). |
| 30 | |
| “flat” | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 16. |
| “landlord” | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 18. |
| “tenant” | 1980 Sch. 19 para. 19. |
| 31(1) | 1975 ss. 11(1), 15(1), (5). |
| (2) | 1975 ss. 11(2), 15(5). |
| (3) | 1975 s. 11(10), (11). |
| (4) | 1975 ss. 11(3), 15(1). |
| 32(1) | 1974 ss. 121(9), 122(8), 125(2). |
| (2) | 1961 s. 33(3). |
| (3) | 1975 s. 11(11) “dwelling”. |
| 33)1) | 1962 s. 4(6); 1974 ss. 121(6), 122(6); 1980 Sch. 19 para. 13(2). |
| (2) | 1974 ss. 121(7), 122(7); 1980 Sch. 19 para. 13(3); R.28. |
| 34 | 1962 s. 5(2); 1968 (c. 23) Sch. 15; 1972 (c. 70) s. 222(1); 1974 s. 121(8); 1977 (c. 42) s. 149(2), Sch. 23 para. 32, Sch. 24 para. 30. |
| 35(1), (2) | 1972 s. 103; 1975 s. 17(11), Sch. 5 para. 7(1); S.I. 1972/1204; S.I. 1975/512; R.29. |
| 36 | 1961 s. 32(5); 1974 ss. 121(9), 125(2); 1975 s. 11(11) “new letting”; drafting. |
| 37 | 1962 s. 6(1)(a); 1974 ss. 121(9), 122(8), 125(2); 1976 (c. 80) Sch. 8 para. 31; 1977 (c. 42) Sch. 23 para. 66; 1980 Sch. 19 para. 18; R.14(i). |
| 38 | |
| “address” | 1962 s. 6(2); 1974 ss. 121(3), 122(3), Sch. 13 para. 9. |
| “co-operative housing association” | 1977 (c. 42) s. 15(3)(d); 1980 s. 80(1)(b); drafting. |
| “dwelling” | 1974 s. 129(1) “dwelling”; 1975 s. 16(1) “dwelling”. |
| “housing association” | 1977 (c. 42) s. 15(3)(a); 1980 s. 80(1)(b). |
| “local authority” [F2 “a National Park authority” ] | 1975 ss. 11(11), 16(1) “local authority”[F2“a National Park authority”]; 1977 (c. 42) s. 14(1)(a)-(c); 1980 s. 80(1)(c); 1985 (c. 51 Sch. 13 para. 21, Sch. 14 paras. 56, 58 (h). |
| “local housing authority” | 1962 s. 5(2); 1968 (c. 23) Sch. 15; 1974 s. 121(8); S.I. 1975/512; 1977 (c. 42) s. 149(2), Sch. 23 para. 32, Sch. 24 para. 30; 1980 s. 50(1) “local authority”[F2“a National Park authority”], Sch. 19 para. 14(1)(a). |
| “new town corporation” | 1977 (c. 42) s. 14(d), (e); 1980 ss. 50(1) “development corporation”, 80(1)(c), Sch. 19 para. 14(1)(a), (c); 1981 (c. 64;) Sch. 12 para. 24; drafting. |
| “protected tenancy” | 1962 s. 2(1); 1968 (c. 23) Sch. 15; 1977 (c. 42) Sch. 23 para. 31(b), Sch. 24 para. 30. |
| “registered” | 1977 (c. 42) s. 15(3)(a); 1980 s. 80(1)(b). |
| “restricted contract” | 1962 s. 2(1); 1977 (c. 42) Sch. 23 para. 31(a). |
| “urban development corporation” | 1977 (c. 42) s. 14(1)(g); 1980 s. 80(1)(c); 1980 (c. 65) s. 155(1). |
| 39 | drafting. |
| 40 | drafting. |
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. added by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 43(2)
F2Words in Sch. para. 9 inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 25(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)
F3Words in Sch. para. 9(1) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 129, Sch. 15 para. 14 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F4Words in Sch. para. 9(1) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. para. 9(1) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 24 (as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), ss. 4, 5, Sch. 2 para. 61 and as amended by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61, Sch. 4 para. 3(a)(ii))
Sch. para. 9(1) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 23(c) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
Sch. para. 9(1) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 10(c)
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