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Housing Act 1988
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### Meaning of assured tenancy etc.
#### Surplus rental income.
#### Tax relief grants.
##### 1
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#### Assured tenancies.
#### Tenant sharing accommodation with persons other than landlord.
#### Letting of a dwelling-house together with other land.
##### 6A
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#### Consultation and publicity.
#### Interpretation of Part II and amendments of Housing Associations Act 1985.
#### Application of Housing Acts to certain transactions.
#### Consultation and publicity.
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For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “*charitable housing trust*” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993.
#### Restriction on levy of distress for rent.
#### Security of tenure.
#### The measure of damages.
#### Recovery etc. of grants.
#### Provisions as to reversions on assured tenancies.
#### Assured agricultural occupancies.
#### Damages for unlawful eviction.
#### Revenue deficit grants.
#### Determinations under Part II.
#### Consultation and publicity.
#### Housing action trust areas.
#### Power of Relevant Authority to provide legal assistance to tenants after disposal.
#### Application of Parts IV and V of Housing Act 1985.
#### Transfer by order of certain dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies.
#### Provisions applicable to disposals of dwelling-houses subject to secure tenancies.
#### Interpretation of Part III.
#### Persons by whom right may be exercised.
#### Right conferred by Part IV.
#### Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.
#### Letting conditions applicable to improvement grants etc.
#### Consultation before disposal: Scotland.
#### Application to Isles of Scilly.
#### Repair notices.
#### Consent required for certain subsequent disposals: Scotland.
#### Financial provisions.
Not later than the beginning of the tenancy the landlord gave notice in writing to the tenant that possession might be recovered on this ground or the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable to dispense with the requirement of notice and (in either case)—
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The tenant or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house—
For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.
For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “*charitable housing trust*” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993.
For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.
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2005-06-15
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2004-11-18
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2002-10-10
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1988-11-15
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