Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 915
Landlord And Tenant, England
The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Made
7th May 2019
Laid before Parliament
9th May 2019
Coming into force
1st June 2019
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(8) of the Housing Act 1988(1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st June 2019.
Amendment of the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015
2. In the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015(2), in the Schedule, for Form No. 6A substitute the Form No. 6A set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Heather Wheeler
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
7th May 2019
Regulation 2
SCHEDULEForm No. 6A
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/620) (“the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 2 substitutes a new Form No. 6A for the equivalent form prescribed in the principal Regulations.
Amendments have been made to Form No. 6A to ensure the form reflects the restriction on terminating a tenancy under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) made by section 17 of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (c. 4) This applies where a landlord has breached section 1(1) of or Schedule 2 to that Act so long as all or part of the prohibited payment or holding deposit has not been repaid to the relevant person.
The Regulations come into force on 1st June 2019 to coincide with the commencement of the relevant provisions of the Tenant Fees Act 2019.
Amendments have been made to provide more detail on when a restriction on terminating a tenancy under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) is made by section 75 of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) which relates to unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation “HMO”.
Amendments are also made in Form 6A to include information for tenants on the homelessness support services available to them should they be concerned they may be at risk of homelessness if the landlord regains possession of the property in which they live following service of notice by Form No. 6A.
A copy of the form No.6A can be obtained as follows:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/assured-tenancy-forms
Or in writing from:
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
1988 c. 50. Section 21(8) was inserted by section 37 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20).
S.I. 2015/620, as amended by S.I. 2015/1646 (which itself was amended by S.I. 2015/1725), 2016/443, 1118.