The Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987

Made: 22nd April 1987

Coming into force: 13th May 1987

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 83(2) and (6) of the Housing Act 1985,[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 13th May 1987.

2

• (1) The notice to be served on a secure tenant under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy which is a periodic tenancy, shall be in the form specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the same effect.

• (2) The notice to be served on a secure tenant under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for the termination of a secure tenancy which is a tenancy for a term certain, and for possession of the dwelling-house let under that tenancy, shall be in the form specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the same effect.

• (3) The Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1980[^f00002] and the Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 1984[^f00003] are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

PART I — notice of seeking possession

Housing Act 1985, section 83

PART II — notice of seeking termination of tenancy and recovery of possession

Housing Act 1985, section 83

Signed

Nicholas Ridley — Secretary of State for the Environment — 16th April 1987

Nicholas Edwards — Secretary of State for Wales — 22nd April 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the forms of notice which have to be served on a secure tenant under the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy or for the termination of a secure tenancy. The forms replace those prescribed by the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1980 and those Regulations, and the Regulations amending them, are revoked by regulation 3.

The new forms incorporate drafting amendments and amendments consequent on the Housing Act 1985, and the new Ground for possession (10A) introduced by section 9 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1985 c. 68.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1980/1339.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1984/1224.

Editorial notes

[^key-c8136fc9c5190f4563589e5aadf46abb]: Reg. 1 in force at 13.5.1987, see reg. 1

[^key-b9213b9ee6ac4486e47cb4aebdc23de4]: Reg. 2 in force at 13.5.1987, see reg. 1