The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015

Made: 9th March 2015

Coming into force: 6th April 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 6(2) and (3), 8(3), 13(2) and (4), 22(1) and 45(1) and (5) of, and paragraphs 7(2) and 9(2)(a) of Schedule 2A to, the Housing Act 1988 makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 6th April 2015.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations any reference to a section or Schedule is a reference to a section of, or Schedule to, the Housing Act 1988 and any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to these Regulations, or to a form substantially to the same effect.

Prescribed forms

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The forms prescribed for the purposes of Part I (rented accommodation) of the Housing Act 1988 are—

• (a) for a notice under section 6(2) proposing terms of a statutory periodic tenancy different from the implied terms, Form No. 1;

• (b) for an application under section 6(3) referring a notice under section 6(2) to a tribunal, Form No. 2;

• (c) for a notice under section 8 informing a tenant or licensee that the landlord intends to begin proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy, Form No. 3;

• (d) for a notice under section 13(2) proposing a new rent for an assured tenancy of premises situated in England, Form No. 4;

• (e) for a notice under section 13(2) proposing a new rent or licence fee for an assured agricultural occupancy of premises situated in England, Form No. 5;

• (f) for an application under section 13(4) referring to a tribunal a notice under section 13(2) relating to an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy, Form No. 6;

• (fa) for a notice under paragraph (1) or (4) of section 21 informing a tenant that the landlord intends to seek recovery of possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured shorthold tenancy, Form No. 6A;

• (g) for an application under section 22(1) to a tribunal for a determination of rent under an assured shorthold tenancy, Form No. 7;

• (h) for a notice under paragraph 7 of Schedule 2A, by the tenant to the landlord proposing that an assured tenancy be replaced by an assured shorthold tenancy, Form No. 8;

• (i) for a notice under paragraph 9 of Schedule 2A, by the landlord to the prospective tenant, proposing an assured shorthold tenancy where the tenancy meets the conditions for an assured agricultural occupancy, Form No. 9.

Revocations and savings

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• (1) The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1997 are revoked in relation to England.

• (2) The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 are revoked.

• (3) Nothing in paragraphs (1) and (2) affects the validity of a notice served before the coming into force of these Regulations if, at the date of service of the notice, the notice was in the form then prescribed by the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1997 or a form substantially to the same effect.

SCHEDULE — FORMS PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART I OF THE HOUSING ACT 1988

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis — Minister of State — 2015-03-09

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 50. In section 45(1) see the definition of “prescribed”. Section 8(3) was amended by the Housing Act 1996 (c.52), Schedule 1, paragraph 1 and section 97(2)(a) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12). Section 13(2) was amended by S.I. 2003/259, art. 2. Section 22(1) was amended by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), Schedule 8, paragraph 2(5). Schedule 2A was inserted by the Housing Act 1996, Schedule 7.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1997/194, amended by S.I. 2002/337, 2003/260, 2003/307, 2013/630, 2013/1036, 2014/374, 2014/1900.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2003/260.

Editorial notes

[^c22432021]: 1988 c. 50. In section 45(1) see the definition of “prescribed”. Section 8(3) was amended by the Housing Act 1996 (c.52), Schedule 1, paragraph 1 and section 97(2)(a) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12). Section 13(2) was amended by S.I. 2003/259, art. 2. Section 22(1) was amended by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), Schedule 8, paragraph 2(5). Schedule 2A was inserted by the Housing Act 1996, Schedule 7.

[^c22432031]: S.I. 1997/194, amended by S.I. 2002/337, 2003/260, 2003/307, 2013/630, 2013/1036, 2014/374, 2014/1900.

[^c22432041]: S.I. 2003/260.

[^key-5f21a9f186dc89521249712d6651b53b]: Reg. 3(fa) inserted (1.10.2015) by The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1646), regs. 1(1), 4(2) (with reg. 1(3)(4))

[^key-a2c720beec33c69304146b4ce54d9061]: Reg. 3A omitted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/994), regs. 1(3), 5(a) (with reg. 6(2)(3))

[^M_F_3b3990d6-310b-460b-c099-6ec7ab781d69]: Sch. Form 5 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/443), regs. 1, 2(2), Sch.

[^M_F_80436855-de45-435b-f096-430429cb15dc]: Sch. Form 4 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/443), regs. 1, 2(2), Sch.

Review

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Revocations and savings