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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/schedule-3/crossheading-ground-2a/paragraph-wrapper15n1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/3/crossheading/ground-2a/paragraph/wrapper15n1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Either—\n(a)a relevant order , a suspended anti-social behaviour possession order or a suspended riot-related possession order is in force, or\n(b)an application is pending before any court for a relevant order, a demotion order , an anti-social behaviour possession order or a riot-related possession order to be made,\nin respect of the tenant or the proposed assignee or a person who is residing with either of them.\nA “relevant order” means—\nan injunction under section 152 of the Housing Act 1996 (injunctions against anti-social behaviour);\nan injunction to which a power of arrest is attached by virtue of section 153 of that Act (other injunctions against anti-social behaviour);\nan injunction under section 153A, 153B or 153D of that Act (injunctions against anti-social behaviour on application of certain social landlords);\nan anti-social behaviour order under section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; ...\nan injunction to which a power of arrest is attached by virtue of section 91 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 or section 27 of the Police and Justice Act 2006.\na respect order under section A1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;\nan injunction under Part 1 of that Act;\na criminal behaviour order within the meaning given by section 330 of the Sentencing Code.\nAn “anti-social behaviour possession order” means an order for possession under Ground 2 in Schedule 2 to this Act or Ground 14 in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.\nA “demotion order” means a demotion order under section 82A of this Act or section 6A of the Housing Act 1988.\nA “riot-related possession order” means an order for possession under Ground 2ZA in Schedule 2 to this Act or Ground 14ZA in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.\n...\nWhere the tenancy of the tenant or the proposed assignee is a joint tenancy, any reference to that person includes (where the context permits) a reference to any of the joint tenants.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Ground 2A inserted (6.6.2005 for E. and 14.7.2005 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 191, 270(4)(5); S.I. 2005/1451, art. 2(b); S.I. 2005/1814, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A substituted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 15(2) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 23(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A substituted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 15(3) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 23(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 Ground 2A omitted (20.10.2014 for E., 21.10.2014 for W.) by virtue of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1)(2)(c)(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 15(4)(a) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2590, art. 2(h); S.I. 2014/2830, art. 2(g)(viii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A inserted (20.10.2014 for E.) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1)(2)(c)(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 15(4)(b) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2590, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A inserted (20.10.2014 for E., 21.10.2014 for W.) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1)(2)(c)(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 15(4)(c) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2590, art. 2(h); S.I. 2014/2830, art. 2(g)(viii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 24 (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 85 (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A inserted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 15(5) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 23(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A omitted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 2 para. 17 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A inserted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 15(6) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 23(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Ground 2A omitted (13.5.2014) by virtue of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 15(7) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 23(a)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00"
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  "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."
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