Section 22 Limitation on obligation to pay removal expensesI1I2

Section 11 of the 1988 Act (payment of removal expenses) is amended as follows.

In the heading, after “expenses” insert “by social landlords”.

Before subsection (1) insert—

“(A1)

This section applies to a dwelling-house let on an assured tenancy if—

(a)

the landlord is a relevant social landlord, and

(b)

the dwelling-house is social housing.”

In subsection (1), for “a dwelling-house let on an assured tenancy on Ground 6 or Ground 9” substitute “the dwelling-house on Ground 6, 6A or 9”.

After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

If the court makes the order for possession on Ground 6 in circumstances where—

(a)

the additional RSL condition is met, and

(b)

that condition is met in case B (alternative accommodation provided temporarily until other alternative accommodation becomes available),

the landlord must also pay to the tenant a sum equal to the reasonable expenses likely to be incurred by the tenant in removing from the alternative accommodation provided temporarily.”

In subsection (2), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”.

After subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

In this section—

• “relevant social landlord” means—

  1. (a)

     a private registered provider of social housing,

  2. (b)

     a body registered as a social landlord in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996,

  3. (c)

     a body registered as a social landlord in the register kept under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, or

  4. (d)

     a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity;

• “social housing” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.”