Section 16 Protection of tenure of certain rented premises by extension of Housing Act 1988.F1E1

a tenancy qualifying for protection which is a fixed term tenancy ends without being continued or renewed by agreement (whether on the same or different terms and conditions), and

by reason only of such circumstances as are mentioned in subsection (4) below, on the ending of that tenancy no statutory periodic tenancy of the rented family residence would arise, apart from the provisions of this section,

a tenancy qualifying for protection F3which is a periodic tenancy would come to an end, apart from the provisions of this section, and

by reason only of such circumstances as are mentioned in subsection (4) below that tenancy is not an assured tenancy, and

if that tenancy had been an assured tenancy, it would not have come to an end at that time,

that the tenancy was entered into before, or pursuant to a contract made before, Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force;

that the rateable value (as defined for the purposes of that Act) of the premises which are the rented family residence, or of a property of which those premises form part, exceeded the relevant limit specified in F6paragraph 2A of Schedule 1 to that Act;

that the circumstances mentioned in F7paragraph 2, 3, 3A, 3B or paragraph 6 of that Schedule applied with respect to the tenancy qualifying for protection; and

that the reversion immediately expectant on the tenancy qualifying for protection belongs to any of the bodies specified in paragraph 12 of that Schedule.