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Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 946

Landlord And Tenant, England

The Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021

Made

19th August 2021

Coming into force

24th August 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 83(2)(a) and (7) of the Housing Act 1985( 1 ) and section 88(1) and (5) of the Coronavirus Act 2020( 2 ).

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 24th August 2021.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(4) These Regulations apply in relation to England.

Suspension of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020

2.Paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020( 3 ) is suspended.

Amendment of the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987

3. In the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987( 4 ), for the form of notice specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, substitute the form of notice specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Transitional provision

4. The suspension of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 made by regulation 2 and the substitution made by regulation 3 do not apply in relation to a notice served or proceedings brought under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985( 5 ) before the day on which these Regulations come into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Christopher Pincher

Minister of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

19th August 2021

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE Notice of seeking termination of tenancy and recovery of possession section 83 Housing Act 1985

( 1 )

1985 c. 68 , amended by S.I. 2010/671 . There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

( 2 )

2020 c. 7 . The powers conferred by section 88(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 are exercisable in England by the Secretary of State. “Relevant national authority” is defined in section 88(7) of that Act.

( 3 )

Paragraph 10(2) was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2020/914 .

( 5 )

Section 83 was substituted by section 147(1) of the Housing Act 1996, amended by section 14(3) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, and modified by paragraph 3 of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 which was itself amended in relation to England by S.I. 2020/914 and 2021/564 .

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