The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
S.I. 2020/924 · Made 1 September 2020
Landlord And Tenant, England
Made at 11.33 a.m. on 1st September 2020
Laid before Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 1st September 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 21(8) of the Housing Act 1988f1 and section 88(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020f2.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1988 c. 50. Section 21(8) was inserted by section 37 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20).
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2020 c. 7. The powers conferred by sections 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.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Suspension of paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020
- 3Amendment of the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015
- 4Transitional provision
- Signature
- Schedule Form No. 6A
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020.
These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are laid.
2Suspension of paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020
Paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 is suspended.
3Amendment of the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015
In the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015f1, in the Schedule, for Form No. 6A substitute the Form No. 6A set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
4Transitional provision
The suspension of paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 29 made by regulation 2 does not apply in relation to a notice given under section 21(1) or (4) of the Housing Act 1988f1 before the day on which these Regulations come into force.
Signature
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
At 11.33 a.m. on 1st September 2020
Form No. 6A
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 21(8) of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) gives the Secretary of State power to prescribe a form of a notice under section 21(1) or (4) given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England. This is a notice of intention to seek possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy.
The relevant form (“Form 6A”) is prescribed in the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015 (the Principal Regulations).
Paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) modifies Form 6A during the relevant period which began on 26th March 2020 and ends on 31st March 2021. The relevant period in paragraph 1 of Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 was extended, in relation to England, by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/914).
These Regulations suspend paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 29 and prescribe a new Form 6A by amending the Schedule to the Principal Regulations. They are made to reflect the amendments to the required period of notice of intention to seek possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy and the period of validity of such a notice made by S.I. 2020/914.
A copy of the form No.6A can be obtained as follows:
Or in writing from:
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument due to the temporary nature of the amendments made to section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 by Schedule 29 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 as amended by S.I. 2020/914 which these Regulations reflect.