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4.—(1) The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (prescribed forms) after paragraph (f) insert—
“(fa)for a notice under paragraph (1) or (4) of section 21 informing a tenant that the landlord intends to seek recovery of possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured shorthold tenancy, Form No. 6A;”.
(3) After regulation 3 (prescribed forms) insert—
3A.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)carry out a review of regulation 3(fa) and the associated form (Form No. 6A),
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and
(c)publish the report.
(2) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by regulation 3(fa),
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 1st October 2015.
(4) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.
(4) In the Schedule (forms prescribed for the purposes of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988)—
(a)in Form No. 3, in the instructions, for “There is no form prescribed for these cases, but you must give notice in writing.” substitute—
“Form 6A ‘Notice seeking possession of a property let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy’ is prescribed for these cases.”; and
(b)after Form No. 6 insert Form No. 6A as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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