Statutory Instruments
LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
16th December 1997
Laid before Parliament
22nd December 1997
Coming into force
15th January 1998
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 sections 18 and 66 of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954(1), as applied by section 186(5) of and paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(2), and now vested in them(3) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Long Residential Tenancies (Supplemental Forms) Regulations and shall come into force on 15th January 1998.
2. In these Regulations-
"the 1954 Act" means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;
"the 1989 Act" means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989; and
any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule, or to a form substantially to the same effect.
3. The forms prescribed for the purposes specified below shall be as follows-
(a)for a notice under section 18 of the 1954 Act (as applied by section 186(5) of the 1989 Act) requiring information about sub-tenancies, form 7;
(b)for a notice under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the 1954 Act (as applied by paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the 1989 Act) requiring a landlord to consent to the giving of a notice under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the 1989 Act terminating a long residential tenancy, form 8; and
(c)for a notice under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the 1954 Act (as applied by paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the 1989 Act) requiring a landlord to consent to the making of an agreement with the tenant under Schedule 10 to the 1989 Act, form 9.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
12th December 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
16th December 1997
Regulation 3
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe forms of notice to be used for the purposes of section 186 of and Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (security of tenure on ending of long residential tenancies). The forms prescribed are those specified in regulation 3 and set out in the Schedule (or forms substantially to the same effect).
Forms 1 to 6 are prescribed for the purposes of Schedule 10 in the Long Residential Tenancies (Principal Forms) Regulations 1997.