# Housing Act 1996, Section 102: Recovery of possession where grant induced by false statement.


In Part II of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 (grounds on which court may order possession) there shall be inserted at the end—
“ Ground 17
The tenant is the person, or one of the persons, to whom the tenancy was granted and the landlord was induced to grant the tenancy by a false statement made knowingly or recklessly by—
(a) the tenant, or
(b) a person acting at the tenant’s instigation.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/102 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-102
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