# The Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/71 · made 16 January 1997

These Regulations amend the prescribed form of notice which has to be served on a secure tenant under the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy or for the termination of a secure tenancy, unless the court considers it just and equitable to dispense with the requirement of such a notice.

Made under: Housing Act 1985 (Section 83)

## Introductory text

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 16th January 1997
Coming into force 12th February 1997
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 section 83(2) and (7), of the Housing Act 1985, hereby make the following Regulations—

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th February 1997.

## 2 Amendment to the Notices

In the notice in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987—
(a) for paragraph 5 substitute—
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## Signature

David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
14th January 1997
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
16th January 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the prescribed form of notice which has to be served on a secure tenant under the Housing Act 1985 before the court can entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy or for the termination of a secure tenancy, unless the court considers it just and equitable to dispense with the requirement of such a notice.
The amendments are in consequence of sections 83 and 83A of the Housing Act 1985, being substituted by the Housing Act 1996.

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