Section 69: Restricted contracts: security of tenure.

Housing Act 1980 · 1980 c.51

Part II: Private Sector Tenants

69(1)

In section 3 of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 (prohibition of eviction without due process of law), after subsection (2) there is inserted the following subsection—

69(2)

After section 106 of the 1977 Act there is inserted the following section:—

69(3)

Sections 103 to 106 of the 1977 Act (security of tenure in respect of restricted contracts) shall not apply to restricted contracts entered into after the commencement of this section; and accordingly after section 102 of that Act there is inserted the following section—

69(4)

In section 12 of the 1977 Act, for subsections (2) and (3) (cases where tenancies granted by resident landlords are not exempted by section 12 from being protected tenancies), there is substituted the following subsection—

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