Section 239 Abolition of assured, secure and other tenanciesI1

On and after the appointed day, no tenancy or licence (whenever made) can be—

If, immediately before the appointed day, the landlord under a protected or statutory tenancy might have recovered possession of the dwelling-house subject to the tenancy under Case 19 of Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) (former protected shorthold tenancies), the tenancy ceases to be a protected or statutory tenancy on the appointed day.

Nothing in this section ends a tenancy or licence within subsection (1) or (2).