{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/schedule-16/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/schedule-16/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 2 (premises occupied in connection with employment) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (1), (2) and (3) insert in each case “ Subject to sub-paragraph (4B) ”.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph—\n(a) at the beginning insert “ Subject to sub-paragraph (4A) and (4B) ”, and\n(b) omit the words from “until” to the end.\n(4) After sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph insert—\n“(4A) Except where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (4) shall become a secure tenancy when the periods during which the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), (2) or (3) are not satisfied with respect to the tenancy amount in aggregate to more than three years.\n(4B) Where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) shall become a secure tenancy if the authority notify the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.”.\n(5) In paragraph 5 (temporary accommodation for persons taking up employment) in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) for the words from the beginning to first “grant” substitute “ Subject to sub-paragraphs (1A) and (1B), a tenancy is not a secure tenancy ”, and\n(b) omit from “unless” to the end.\n(6) After sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph insert\n“(1A) Except where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy on the expiry of one year from the grant or on earlier notification by the landlord to the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.\n(1B) Where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy if at any time the authority notify the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.”.\n(7) In paragraph 10 (student lettings) in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) for the words from the beginning to “sub-paragraph (3)” substitute “ Subject to sub-paragraphs (2A) and (2B), a tenancy of a dwelling-house is not a secure tenancy ”, and\n(b) omit from “unless” to the end.\n(8) After sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph insert—\n“(2A) Except where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy on the expiry of the period specified in sub-paragraph (3) or on earlier notification by the landlord to the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.\n(2B) Where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy if at any time the authority notify the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.”.\n(9) In sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph for the words “sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “ sub-paragraph (2A) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 2 restricted (25.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2959, art. 3, Sch. para.2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/schedule/16/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:46.595645+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."
}