The Transfer of Tenancies and Right to Acquire (Exclusion) Regulations 2012 No. 696

Exclusion of certain assured shorthold tenancies from the Right to Acquire

4.  The following are not tenancies within section 180(2) of the 2008 Act—

(a) an assured shorthold tenancy for a fixed term of less than two years,

(b) a periodic assured shorthold tenancy, or

(c) an assured shorthold tenancy where the rent payable under the tenancy is—

(i) Intermediate Rent, or

(ii) Mortgage Rescue rent

(and accordingly, the right to acquire referred to in that section does not apply in relation to assured shorthold tenancies of those descriptions).