Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 1118 of 2016)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2019 No. 915 LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 Made - - - - 7th May 2019 Laid before Parliament 9th May 2019 Coming into force - - 1st June 2019 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(8) of the Housing Act 1988(a). Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st June 2019. Amendment of the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015 2. In the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015(b), in the Schedule, for Form No. 6A substitute the Form No. 6A set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Heather Wheeler Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 7th May 2019 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government SCHEDULE Regulation 2 Form No. 6A (a) 1988 c. 50. Section 21(8) was inserted by section 37 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20). (b) S.I. 2015/620, as amended by S.I. 2015/1646 (which itself was amended by S.I. 2015/1725), 2016/443, 1118. 2 3 4 5 6 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/620) (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 2 substitutes a new Form No. 6A for the equivalent form prescribed in the principal Regulations. Amendments have been made to Form No. 6A to ensure the form reflects the restriction on terminating a tenancy under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) made by section 17 of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (c. 4) This applies where a landlord has breached section 1(1) of or Schedule 2 to that Act so long as all or part of the prohibited payment or holding deposit has not been repaid to the relevant person. The Regulations come into force on 1st June 2019 to coincide with the commencement of the relevant provisions of the Tenant Fees Act 2019. Amendments have been made to provide more detail on when a restriction on terminating a tenancy under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) is made by section 75 of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) which relates to unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation “HMO”. Amendments are also made in Form 6A to include information for tenants on the homelessness support services available to them should they be concerned they may be at risk of homelessness if the landlord regains possession of the property in which they live following service of notice by Form No. 6A. A copy of the form No.6A can be obtained as follows: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/assured-tenancy-forms Or in writing from: Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. © Crown copyright 2019 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Jeff James, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. £9.75 UK201905071005 05/2019 19585 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/915