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Regulation 2 Amendment: notice to be served before proceedings for a demotion order

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(1)

The Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987f1 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

After regulation 2, add—

“3

The notice to be served on a secure tenant under section 83 of the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for a demotion order under section 82Af2 of that Act, shall be in the form specified in Part III of the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the same effect.”

(3)

In the Schedule, after Part II add—

“Part III

Notice before proceedings for a demotion order

  • Housing Act 1985, s83

This Notice is the first step towards the termination of your secure tenancy and its replacement with a demoted tenancy. You should read it very carefully.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

SI 1987/755 as amended by SI 1997/71 and SI 1997/377.

f2

Section 82A was inserted by section 14(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38)