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The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/2203 · Made 14 December 1988

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LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 14th December 1988

Coming into force 15th January 1989

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 upon them by sections 6(2) and (3), 8(3), 13(2) and (4), 20(2), 22(1), 41(2) and 45(1) and (5) of the Housing Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 50; in section 45(1),see the definition of “prescribed”.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 15th January 1989.

2

In these Regulations any reference to a section is to a section of the Housing Act 1988 and any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to these Regulations, or to a form substantially to the same effect.

3

The forms prescribed for the purposes of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 shall be as follows–

(1)

for a notice under section 6(2) proposing terms of a statutory periodic tenancy different from the implied terms, form no. 1;

(2)

for an application under section 6(3) referring a notice under section 6(2) to a rent assessment committee, form no. 2;

(3)

for a notice under section 8 informing a tenant that the landlord intends to begin proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured tenancy which is not an assured agricultural occupancy, form no. 3;

(4)

for a notice under section 8 informing a tenant that the landlord intends to begin proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured agricultural occupancy, form no. 4;

(5)

for a notice under section 13(2) proposing a new rent for an assured tenancy which is not an assured agricultural occupancy, form no. 5;

(6)

for an application under section 13(4) referring to a rent assessment committee a notice under section 13(2) relating to an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy, form no. 6;

(7)

for a notice under section 20 of intention to grant an assured shorthold tenancy, form no. 7;

(8)

for an application under section 22(1) to a rent assessment committee for a determination of rent under an assured shorthold tenancy, form no. 8; and

(9)

for a notice under section 41(2) requiring a landlord or tenant to give information to a rent assessment committee, form no. 9.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

13th December 1988

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

14th December 1988

FORM No. 1

Housing Act 1988 section 6(2)

Notice Proposing Different Terms for Statutory Periodic Tenancy

FORM No. 2

Housing Act 1988 section 6(3)

Application Referring a Notice Under Section 6(2) to a Rent Assessment Committee

FORM No. 3

Housing Act 1988 section 8

Notice Seeking Possession of a Property Let on an Assured Tenancy

FORM No. 4

Housing Act 1988 section 8

Notice Seeking Possession of an Assured Agricultural Occupancy

FORM No. 5

Housing Act 1988 section 13(2)

Landlord’s Notice Proposing a New Rent Under An Assured Periodic Tenancy or Agricultural Occupancy

FORM No. 6

Housing Act 1988 section 13(4)

Application Referring A Notice Proposing A New Rent Under An Assured Periodic Tenancy or Agricultural Occupancy to a Rent Assessment Committee

FORM No. 7

Housing Act 1988 section 20

Notice of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy

FORM No. 8

Housing Act 1988 section 22(1)

Application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a Determination of a Rent Under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy

FORM No. 9

Housing Act 1988 section 41(2)

Notice by Rent Assessment Committee Requiring Further Information

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the forms to be used for the purposes of various provisions of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 relating to assured tenancies and assured agricultural occupancies.