The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Answer to application for new tenancy under section 24 of the Act of 1954

Rule 7  Every answer by a respondent to an application to which rule 6 relates shall state—

(a) whether or not the respondent opposes the grant of a new tenancy and, if so, on what grounds;

(b) whether or not, if a new tenancy is granted, the respondent objects to any of the terms proposed by the applicant and, if so, the terms to which he objects and the terms which he proposes in so far as they differ from those proposed by the applicant;

(c) whether the respondent is a tenant under a lease having less than 14 years unexpired at the date of the termination of the applicant’s current tenancy and, if he is, the name and address of any person who, to the knowledge of the respondent, has an interest in reversion in the premises expectant (whether immediately or in not more than 14 years from the said date) on the termination of the respondent’s tenancy;

(d) the name and address of any person having an interest in the premises other than a freehold interest or tenancy who is likely to be affected by the grant of a new tenancy; and

(e) if the applicant’s current tenancy is one to which section 32 (2) of the Act of 1954 applies, whether the respondent requires that any new tenancy ordered to be granted shall be a tenancy of the whole of the property comprised in the applicant’s current tenancy.