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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-100",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014",
  "path": "section/100",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "100",
  "heading": "Restrictions where new possession proceedings in progress etc",
  "text": "(1) In section 138 of the Housing Act 1985 (right to buy: suspension of duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease)—\n(a) in subsection (2A)(a), for “or Ground 2 possession order” there is substituted “ , Ground 2 or 2ZA possession order or section 84A possession order ”;\n(b) in subsection (2B)(a), for “or an operative Ground 2 possession order” there is substituted “ , an operative Ground 2 or 2ZA possession order or an operative section 84A possession order ”;\n(c) in subsection (2C), for the definition of “Ground 2 possession order” there is substituted—\n““Ground 2 or 2ZA possession order” means an order for possession under Ground 2 or Ground 2ZA in Schedule 2;”;\n(d) for the definition of “operative Ground 2 possession order” there is substituted—\n“ “operative Ground 2 or 2ZA possession order” means an order made under Ground 2 or Ground 2ZA in Schedule 2 which requires possession of the dwelling-house to be given up on a date specified in the order;”;\n(e) after that definition there is inserted—\n““operative section 84A possession order” means an order under section 84A which requires possession of the dwelling-house to be given up on a date specified in the order;\n“section 84A possession order” means an order for possession under section 84A;”.\n(2) In Schedule 3 to that Act (grounds for withholding consent to assignment of secure tenancy by way of exchange), after Ground 2 there is inserted—\n“Ground 2ZA\nProceedings have been begun for possession of the dwelling-house, of which the tenant or the proposed assignee is the secure tenant, under section 84A (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour), or there has been served on the tenant or the proposed assignee a notice under section 83ZA (notice requirements in relation to proceedings for possession on absolute ground for anti-social behaviour) which is still in force.”\n(3) In Schedule 14 to the Localism Act 2011 (grounds on which landlord may refuse to surrender and grant tenancies in pursuance of a request under section 158 of that Act)—\n(a) after Ground 4 there is inserted—\n“Ground 4A\n4A (1) This ground is that either of the following conditions is met.\n(2) The first condition is that—\n(a) proceedings have begun for possession of a dwelling-house let on an existing tenancy which is a secure tenancy, and\n(b) possession is sought under section 84A of the Housing Act 1985 (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour).\n(3) The second condition is that—\n(a) a notice has been served on a relevant tenant under section 83ZA of that Act (notice requirements in relation to proceedings for possession on absolute ground for anti-social behaviour), and\n(b) the notice is still in force.”;\n(b) after Ground 5 there is inserted—\n“Ground 5A\n5A (1) This ground is that either of the following conditions is met.\n(2) The first condition is that—\n(a) proceedings have begun for possession of a dwelling-house let on an existing tenancy which is an assured tenancy, and\n(b) possession is sought on ground 7A in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour).\n(3) The second condition is that—\n(a) a notice has been served on a relevant tenant under section 8 of that Act (notice of proceedings for possession), and\n(b) the notice specifies ground 7A and is still in force.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 100(1) in force at 13.5.2014 for W. by S.I. 2014/1241, art. 2(b) (with art. 3(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 100(1) in force at 13.5.2014 for E. by S.I. 2014/949, art. 2(b) (with art. 11(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 100(2)(3) in force at 20.10.2014 for E. by S.I. 2014/2590, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 100(2)(3) in force at 21.10.2014 for W. by S.I. 2014/2830, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/100",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:00.543848+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}