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Ground 2ZC Ground 2ZCF1

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The landlord who is seeking possession became the landlord by virtue of section 18 no more than 6 months before the date on which the possession proceedings were commenced, and the previous landlord under the assured tenancy was, or, in the case of previous joint landlords, at least one them was—

  1. (a)

    a private registered provider of social housing,

  2. (b)

    a tenant of the superior landlord under a tenancy of an agricultural holding within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 which is a tenancy to which that Act applies, or a farm business tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995,

  3. (c)

    a person who held the dwelling-house for the purpose of making it available for occupation as supported accommodation, or

  4. (d)

    a company of which a local authority owns at least 50% of the issued share capital.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Grounds 2ZB-2ZD inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 1 para. 7 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(b)