SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 29Residential tenancies in England and Wales: protection from eviction
Assured tenancies
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Section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 (notice of proceedings for possession: assured tenancies) is to be read, in relation to notices served under that section during the relevant period, as if—
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in subsection (3A)—
i
in paragraph (a), for “periodic tenancy,” there were substituted “periodic tenancy—
i
three months after the date on which the notice was served, and
ii
ii
in paragraph (b) for “one month” there were substituted “
three months”,
c
d
in subsection (4B)
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ii
for “two weeks from the date of the service of the notice” there were substituted, in relation to a dwelling-house in Wales
—
a
two weeks from the date of the service of the notice where Ground 14A in Schedule 2 is specified without any other ground, and
b
where paragraph (b) does not apply, six months from the date of the service of the notice.
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e
after subsection (4B) there were inserted in relation to a dwelling-house in England—
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In subsections (4A) and (4B), “relevant notice period” means—
a
where—
i
any of Grounds 1 to 6, 9, 12, 13, 15 or 16 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, or
ii
any of Grounds 8, 10 or 11 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice and at the time the notice is served less than six months’ rent is unpaid,
six months,
b
where paragraph (a) does not apply and one or both of Grounds 7 and 7B in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, three months,
c
where paragraph (a) and (b) do not apply and any of Grounds 8, 10 or 11 in Schedule 2 to this Act are specified in the notice, four weeks, and
d
where paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do not apply and any of Grounds 14A, 14ZA or 17 in Schedule 2 to this Act is specified in the notice, two weeks.