{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-55.12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/256",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/55.12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "55.12",
  "heading": "Conditions",
  "text": "The conditions referred to in rule 55.11(1)(b) are that—\n(a) the tenancy and any agreement for the tenancy were entered into on or after 15 January 1989;\n(b) the only purpose of the claim is to recover possession of the property and no other claim is made;\n(c) the tenancy did not immediately follow an assured tenancy which was not an assured shorthold tenancy;\n(d) the tenancy fulfilled the conditions provided by section 19A or 20(1)(a) to (c) of the 1988 Act;\n(e) the tenancy—\n(i) was the subject of a written agreement;\n(ii) arises by virtue of section 5 of the 1988 Act but follows a tenancy that was the subject of a written agreement; or\n(iii) relates to the same or substantially the same property let to the same tenant and on the same terms (though not necessarily as to rent or duration) as a tenancy which was the subject of a written agreement; and\n(f) a notice in accordance with sections 21(1) or 21(4) of the 1988 Act was given to the tenant in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 50; section 19A was inserted by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), section 96(1); section 20(1) was amended by section 104 and Schedule 8, paragraph 2(3) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 50; section 21(1) and 21(4) were amended by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), section 98."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}