# Housing and Planning Act 2016, Paragraph 28

Status: prospective

After section 143MA insert—
“Default flexible tenancies when no notice given under section 143MA
143MB (1) This section applies where—
(a) a landlord has the power to serve a notice under section 143MA on the tenant under a demoted tenancy but fails to do so, and
(b) the tenancy comes to an end on or after the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force.
(2) On ceasing to be a demoted tenancy, the tenancy becomes a secure tenancy for a fixed term of 5 years that is a flexible tenancy.
(3) The terms of the new tenancy are the same as those of the tenancy that it replaces, so far as those terms are compatible with—
(a) a tenancy for a fixed term of 5 years, and
(b) the statutory provisions relating to flexible tenancies (within the meaning given by section 143MA(5).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/schedule/7/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-28
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