The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1997

FORM No. 9 E+W

Housing Act 1988 Schedule 2A, paragraph 9, as inserted by Schedule 7 to the Housing Act 1996

Landlord’s notice proposing an Assured Shorthold Tenancy where the tenancy meets the conditions for an Assured Agricultural Occupancy E+W

• Please write clearly in black ink. • Please tick boxes where appropriate. • If the agricultural worker condition in Schedule 3 to the Housing Act 1988 is met with respect to the property to which the proposed assured tenancy relates, and the landlord wishes that tenancy to be an assured shorthold tenancy, he must serve this notice on the tenant before the tenancy is entered into.

• This notice cannot be used where the landlord has already granted to the prospective tenant (or, in the case of joint tenants, to at least one of them) a tenancy or licence under section 24 of the Housing Act 1988 (an assured agricultural occupancy). • This notice does not commit the tenant to taking the tenancy.

1.  To: .................... E+W

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Name of the proposed tenant. If a joint tenancy is being offered, enter the names of the joint tenants.

2.  You are proposing to take a tenancy at the following address: E+W

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commencing on ..................../..................../....................

day month year

3.  This notice is to tell you that your tenancy is to be an assured shorthold tenancy. E+W

• Provided you keep to the terms of the tenancy, you are entitled to remain in the property for at least six months after the start of the tenancy. Depending on the terms of the tenancy, once the first six months have elapsed, the landlord may have the right to seek possession at any time, subject to two months’ notice.

• As an assured shorthold tenant, you have the right to apply to a rent assessment committee for the determination of a reasonable rent for the tenancy. An application to your local rent assessment committee must be made on the form headedApplication to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of a rent under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy within six months of the beginning of the tenancy. You can obtain the form from a rent assessment panel or a law stationer.

• If you need help or advice about this notice, and what you should do about it, take it immediately to a citizens’ advice bureau, a housing advice centre, a law centre or a solicitor.

4.  Name and address of landlord. E+W

To be signed and dated by the landlord or his agent (someone acting for him). If there are joint landlords each landlord or the agent must sign unless one signs on behalf of the rest with their agreement.

Signed .................... .................... ....................

Date ....................

Please specify whether: landlord□ joint landlords□ agent□

Name(s) (Block Capitals) ....................

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Address:

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Telephone—Daytime .................... Evening ....................