Section 12 Grounds for resumption of possession by landlord.
The grounds on which a landlord may apply to the court for possession of the property comprised in a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies are the following:—
that for purposes of redevelopment after the termination of the tenancy the landlord proposes to demolish or reconstruct the whole or a substantial part of the relevant premises;
In this section the expression “the relevant premises” means—
as respects any time after the term date, the premises of which, F3if the tenancy were not one at a low rent, the tenant would have been entitled to retain possession by virtue of the Rent Act after the coming to an end of the tenancy at the term date;
as respects any time before the term date, the premises agreed between the landlord and the tenant or determined by the court to be likely to be the premises of which, if the tenancy were not one at a low rent, the tenant would be entitled to retain possession as aforesaid.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), Sch. 15 (continued by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 24 para. 30)
- F2
Words substituted by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), s. 155(2), Sch. 23 para. 15
- F3
Words restored by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), s. 39(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(c)
Modifications
- C1
S. 12(1)(a) modified by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), ss. 35(4)(a), 38(1)
Notes on Part I
Modifications
- C1
Pt. I (ss. 1–22) superseded in part by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 75:1), s. 186(1)
- C2
Pt. I (ss. 1–22) applied by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 75:1), s. 186, Sch. 10 paras. 21(2), 22
- C3
Pt. I (ss. 1–22) modified by S.I. 1990/776, arts. 2(2), (5)(2)(f)
- C4
Pt. I amended by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), Sch. 8 paras. 9, 10