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Section 65: Resident landlords

Housing Act 1980 · 1980 c. 51View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Private Sector Tenants

In section 12(1) of the 1977 Act (certain tenancies granted by resident landlords not to be protected tenancies) for paragraphs (a) to (c) there are substituted the following paragraphs—

Schedule 2 to the 1977 Act (provisions for determining application of section 12) is amended as follows.

In paragraph 1—

in sub-paragraph (a) for the words "14 days" there are substituted the words "28 days" and after the the word "building" there are inserted the words "or, as the case may be, flat";
in sub-paragraph (b) for the words "such dwelling-house as is referred to in that paragraph" there are substituted the words "dwelling-house in the building or, as the case may be, flat concerned"; and
in sub-paragraph (c) for the words "12 months" there are substituted the words "2 years" and paragraph (i) is hereby repealed.

In paragraph 2(b) after the word " building" there are inserted the words "or, as the case may be, flat".

After paragraph 2 there is inserted the following paragraph—

Subject to subsection (7) below, this section, except subsection (1), applies to tenancies granted before as well as those granted after the commencement of this section.

In any case where the interest of the landlord under a tenancy vested in the personal representatives (acting in that capacity) of a person who died before the commencement of this section, Schedule 2 to the 1977 Act applies as if paragraph 2A had not been inserted and paragraph 1(c)(i) had not been repealed.

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