Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 1809
Landlord And Tenant, England And Wales
The Dwelling Houses (Execution of Possession Orders by Mortgagees) Regulations 2010
Made
13th July 2010
Laid before Parliament
19th July 2010
Coming into force
1st October 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) to (5) of the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc ) Act 2010( 1 ) (“the Act”).
The Lord Chancellor has consented to the making of these Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dwelling Houses (Execution of Possession Orders by Mortgagees) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st October 2010.
Notice of execution of possession order: prescribed step and prescribed period
2. The prescribed step referred to in section 2(2)(a) of the Act is the mortgagee making an application to the court for a warrant for possession of the property.
3. The prescribed period referred to in section 2(2)(b) of the Act is fourteen days.
Prescribed form of notice of execution of possession order
4. The mortgagee’s notice of execution of the possession order must be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Manner of giving notice
5. —(1) The mortgagee’s notice under regulation 4 may be given in any of the following ways—
(a) by sending the notice to the property by first class post or registered post in an envelope addressed—
(i) to the tenant by name, or
(ii) if the tenant’s name is not known, to “The Tenant or Occupier”;
(b) by leaving the notice at the property—
(i) in an envelope addressed as described in subparagraph (a), or
(ii) affixed to and displayed in a prominent place where its contents can be read by a person entering the property; or
(c) by personal service upon a person who appears to be in residence at the property.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Grant Shapps
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
12th July 2010
The Lord Chancellor consents to the making of these Regulations.
Jonathan Djanogly
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
13th July 2010
Regulation 4
SCHEDULE
