15ALoss of assured tenancy status

1

Subsection (2) applies if, in breach of an express or implied term of the tenancy, a tenant of a dwelling-house let under an assured tenancy to which this section applies—

a

parts with possession of the dwelling-house, or

b

sub-lets the whole of the dwelling-house (or sub-lets first part of it and then the remainder).

2

The tenancy ceases to be an assured tenancy and cannot subsequently become an assured tenancy.

3

This section applies to an assured tenancy—

a

under which the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord, and

b

which is not a shared ownership lease.

4

In this section “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996.

5

In this section “shared ownership lease” means a lease of a dwelling-house—

a

granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling-house or of the cost of providing it, or

b

under which the lessee (or the lessee’s personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.