{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 1 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies) is amended as follows.\n(2) After paragraph 1 insert—\n“Certain English tenancies that were not secure tenancies when originally granted\n1ZA A tenancy of a dwelling-house in England cannot become a secure tenancy if—\n(a) it was granted on or after the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 came fully into force,\n(b) it was not a secure tenancy or an introductory tenancy at the time it was granted, and\n(c) it is a periodic tenancy or a tenancy for a fixed term of less than 2 years or more than 5 years.”\n(3) In paragraph 4ZA, after sub-paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) A notice under sub-paragraph (2) that relates to a tenancy of a dwelling-house in England must—\n(a) state that the tenancy is to become a secure tenancy for a fixed term of a length specified in the notice, and\n(b) set out the other express terms of the tenancy.\n(2B) The length of the term specified in a notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (2A) must not be—\n(a) less than 2 years, or\n(b) more than the permitted maximum length.\n(2C) The permitted maximum length is 10 years, unless sub-paragraph (2D) applies.\n(2D) If the landlord has been notified in writing that a child aged under 9 will live in the dwelling-house, the permitted maximum length is the period—\n(a) beginning with the day on which the tenancy becomes a secure tenancy, and\n(b) ending with the day on which the child will reach the age of 19.\n(2E) In deciding what length to specify in a notice under sub-paragraph (2A)(a) the landlord must have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State.\n(2F) Where a notice is given in accordance with sub-paragraph (2A) the length of the secure tenancy, and the other terms, are those set out in the notice.\n(2G) Sub-paragraphs (2A) to (2F) do not apply to notices given before the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/schedule/7/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:25.877565+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."
}