# The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings) Order 1997, Paragraph 1


The insertion of section 8A in the Housing Act 1988 and the amendment to section 8 of and Schedule 2 to that Act (repossession: assured tenancies) shall have no effect in a case where—
(a) a notice under section 8 of that Act (notice of proceedings for possession) has been served before the commencement date; or
(b) the court has dispensed with the requirement of such a notice and the proceedings for possession were started before the commencement date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/225/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-7-and-savings-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-1
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