# The Long Residential Tenancies (Principal Forms) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/3008 · made 16 December 1997

These Regulations prescribe forms of notice to be used for the purposes of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (security of tenure on ending of long residential tenancies). The forms prescribed are those specified in regulation 3 and set out in the Schedule (or forms substantially to the same effect).

Made under: Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Schedule 10 paragraph 4, Schedule 10 paragraph 6, Schedule 10 paragraph 10, Schedule 10 paragraph 12)

## Introductory text

LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 16th December 1997
Coming into force 15th January 1998
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraphs 4(1), 6(1), 10 and 12(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations—

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Long Residential Tenancies (Principal Forms) Regulations and shall come into force on 15th January 1998.

## 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule, or to a form substantially to the same effect.

## 3 Forms

The forms prescribed for the purposes specified below shall be as follows—
(a) for a notice under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 terminating a long residential tenancy and proposing an assured monthly periodic tenancy, form 1;
(b) for a notice under paragraph 4(1) of that Schedule terminating a long residential tenancy and proposing to apply to court for possession, form 2;
(c) for a notice under paragraph 6(1) of that Schedule proposing an interim monthly rent, form 3;
(d) for a notice under paragraph 10(1) of that Schedule proposing different rent or terms for an assured periodic tenancy, form 4;
(e) for a notice under paragraph 10(2) of that Schedule referring to a rent assessment committee a notice proposing different rent or terms for an assured periodic tenancy, form 5; and
(f) for a notice under section 41(2) of the Housing Act 1988, as applied by paragraph 12(1) of that Schedule, requiring a landlord or tenant to give information to a rent assessment committee, form 6.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions
12th December 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
16th December 1997

## Prescribed Forms

Form 1
(long residential tenancies)
Landlord’s Notice Terminating Long Residential Tenancy and Proposing Assured Tenancy
Form 2
(long residential tenancies)
Landlord’s Notice Terminating Long Residential Tenancy and Seeking Possession
Form 3
(long residential tenancies)
Landlord’s Notice Proposing an Interim Monthly Rent after Notice Terminating Long Residential Tenancy
Form 4
(long residential tenancies)
Tenant’s Notice Proposing Different Terms or Rent for an Assured Tenancy
Form 5
(long residential tenancies)
Landlord’s Application Referring Tenant’s Notice Proposing Different Terms or Rent for a Proposed Assured Tenancy to a Rent Assessment Committee
Form 6
(long residential tenancies)
Notice by Rent Assessment Committee Requiring Further Information

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe forms of notice to be used for the purposes of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (security of tenure on ending of long residential tenancies). The forms prescribed are those specified in regulation 3 and set out in the Schedule (or forms substantially to the same effect).
Additional forms are prescribed for the purposes of section 186 of and Schedule 10 to the 1989 Act in the Long Residential Tenancies (Supplemental Forms) Regulations 1997.

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