Section 79: Secure tenancies.

Housing Act 1985 · 1985 c. 68View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: SECURE TENANCIES AND RIGHTS OF SECURE TENANTS

A tenancy under which a dwelling-house in England is let as a separate dwelling is a secure tenancy at any time when the conditions described in sections 80 and 81 as the landlord condition and the tenant condition are satisfied.

Subsection (1) has effect subject to—

the exceptions in Schedule 1 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies),
sections 89(3) and (4) and 90(3) and (4) (tenancies ceasing to be secure after death of tenant), and
sections 91(2) and 93(2) (tenancies ceasing to be secure in consequence of assignment of subletting).

The provisions of this Part apply in relation to a licence to occupy a dwelling-house in England (whether or not granted for a consideration) as they apply in relation to a tenancy.

Subsection (3) does not apply to a licence granted as a temporary expedient to a person who entered the dwelling-house or any other land as a trespasser (whether or not, before the grant of that licence, another licence to occupy that or another dwelling-house had been granted to him).

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