{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/50",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where no such certificate as is mentioned in paragraph I above is produced to the court, accommodation shall be deemed to be suitable for the purposes of Ground 9 above if it consists of either—\n(a) premises which are to be let as a separate dwelling such that they will then be let on an assured tenancy, other than—\n(i) a tenancy in respect of which notice is given not later than the beginning of the tenancy that possession might be recovered on any of Grounds 1 to 5 above, or\n(ii) an assured shorthold tenancy, within the meaning of Chapter II of Part I of this Act, or\n(b) premises to be let as a separate dwelling on terms which will, in the opinion of the court, afford to the tenant security of tenure reasonably equivalent to the security afforded by Chapter I of Part I of this Act in the case of an assured tenancy of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above,\nand, in the opinion of the court, the accommodation fulfils the relevant conditions as defined in paragraph 3 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(a) omitted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 2 para. 36(a) (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "anaw/2014/7",
      "affecting_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:37.392139+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."
}