- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Landlord6
Any Person1
Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.art028
Proceedings for possession: notice requirements
Regulated
- Serve a valid notice before starting possession proceedings for a secure tenancyLandlord
s.art031
Provisions as to consents required by Article 30
Regulated
- Give written reasons for refusing subletting consent and never impose conditionsLandlord
s.art034
Tenant's improvements
Regulated
- Get landlord's written consent before making improvements to a secure tenancy propertyAny Person
s.art036
Rent not to be increased on account of tenant's improvements
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must not increase rent based on tenant's improvementsLocal authority
s.art037
Variation of terms of secure tenancy
Regulated
- Follow procedure if varying terms of a secure tenancyLandlord
s.art038
Provision of information about tenancies
Regulated
- Provide information about secure tenancies to tenantsLandlord
s.art039
Provision of information about housing allocation
Regulated
- Publish and maintain housing allocation rulesLandlord
s.art040
Consultation with secure tenants
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlords must consult secure tenants on housing management changesLocal authority
s.art041
Rights of landlord where secure tenancy appears to have been abandoned
Regulated
- Follow the statutory procedure to terminate a secure tenancy for abandonmentLandlord
49 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.003
A tenancy granted by the landlord in pursuance of any function of the Executive under...
s.art001
Title and commencement
s.art002
Interpretation
s.art003
House sales scheme
s.art003
House sales by registered housing associations
s.art004
House sales scheme: supplemental provision
s.art024
Interpretation of Chapter II
s.art025
Secure tenancies
s.art026
Succession on death of tenant
s.art027
Security of tenure
s.art028
Additional requirements in relation to certain proceedings for possession
s.art029
Grounds and orders for possession
s.art030
Subletting and lodgers
s.art032
Assigments
s.art032
Assignments by way of exchange
s.art033
Other disposals
s.art034
Right to compensation for improvements
s.art035
Reimbursement of costs of tenant's improvements
s.art038
Right to have repairs carried out
s.art042
Tenant's right of appeal against termination of tenancy under Article 41
s.art044
Application to existing tenancies
s.art045
Application to licences
s.art046
Jurisdiction of county court
s.art047
Extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession
s.art085
Advances by the Executive
s.art087
Indemnity agreements with building societies
s.art088
Financial assistance for voluntary organisations concerned with housing
s.art089
Increase of membership of the Executive
s.art090
Interpretation of Part V
s.art091
Preliminary
s.art092
Protected shorthold tenancies
s.art093
Right of tenant to terminate protected shorthold tenancy
s.art094
Subletting or assignment
s.art095
Orders for possession
s.art096
Protected tenancies
s.art097
Proceedings for possession of certain dwelling-houses
s.art098
Change in condition of dwelling-houses,
s.art099
Enforcement of certificates of disrepair
s.art100
Meaning of “premium” in Part VIII of the 1978 Order
s.art101
Entry to carry out works to certain premises
s.art102
Ascertainment of landlord's identity by district council
s.art103
Amendment of Cases 11 and 12 of Schedule 4 to the 1978 Order
s.art104
Lettings by servicemen
s.art106
Regulations and order
s.art108
Savings, transitional provisions and revocations
s.paragraph/p12
Article 105—Amendments
s.paragraph/p14
Article 107—Amendments
s.paragraph/p5
Article 43 rep. by 1989 NI 4
s.paragraph/p9
Article 86 rep. by 1992 NI 15
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch002
(1) A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if— (a) it is a tenancy granted...
s.sch002
(1) A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if it is a qualifying shorthold tenancy...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if it is an introductory tenancy or a...
s.sch002
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) a tenancy is not a secure tenancy if the tenant...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if the dwelling-house is on land which has...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if the dwelling-house is let by the landlord...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if— (a) the dwelling-house has been leased to...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if— (a) the dwelling-house has been made available...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if the dwelling-house consists of or comprises premises...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if it is one to which the Business...
s.sch002
A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if— (a) the tenant became a tenant of...
s.sch003
(1) For the purposes of Chapter II of Part II of this Order, accommodation is...
s.sch003
For the purposes of Article 19B of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, accommodation is...
s.sch003
In determining whether it is reasonably suitable to those needs regard shall be had to—...
s.sch003
Where the dwelling-house is let by a registered housing association, a certificate of the Executive...
s.sch011
—The repeal by this Order of any statutory provision relating to any grant or contribution...
s.sch011
Notwithstanding the repeal by this Order of Chapter I of Part IV of the principal...
s.sch011
In sub-paragraph (1) “reconditioning grant” means a grant under section 7 of the Housing on...
s.schedule/3a/crossheading/ground/2a_paragraph/wrapp
Either— (a) a relevant order or suspended Ground 2 possession order is in force, or...
s.schedule/3a/crossheading/ground/2a_paragraph/wrapp
Where the tenancy of the tenant or the proposed assignee is a joint tenancy, any...
s.schedule/3a/crossheading/ground/2b_paragraph/wrapp
The tenant or the proposed assignee or a person who is residing with either of...
s.schedule/3a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper17n1
The tenant or the proposed assignee is obliged to give up possession of the dwelling‐house...
s.schedule/3a/part/2/paragraph/wrapper18n1
Proceedings have been begun for possession of the dwelling‐house of which the tenant or the...
s.schedule/3a/part/3/paragraph/wrapper22n1
The accommodation afforded by the dwelling‐house is substantially more extensive than is reasonably required by...
s.schedule/3a/part/4/paragraph/wrapper23n1
The extent of the accommodation afforded by the dwelling‐house is not reasonably suitable to the...
s.schedule/3a/part/5/paragraph/wrapper24n1
The dwelling‐house has features which are substantially different from those of ordinary dwelling‐houses and which...
s.schedule/3a/part/6/paragraph/wrapper25n1
The landlord is a registered housing association which lets dwelling‐houses only for occupation (alone or...
s.schedule/3a/part/7/paragraph/wrapper26n1
The dwelling‐house is one of a group of dwelling‐houses which it is the practice of...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/10_paragraph
The dwelling-house is one of a group of dwelling-houses which it is the practice of...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/11_paragraph
The accommodation afforded by the dwelling-house is more extensive than is reasonably required by the...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/1_paragraph/
Any rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or any obligation of...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/2a_paragraph
The dwelling-house was occupied (whether alone or with others) by a married couple, a couple...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/2_paragraph/
The tenant or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house— (a) has been guilty...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/3_paragraph/
The condition of the dwelling-house or of any of the common parts has deteriorated owing...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/3_paragraph/
In this paragraph, “the common parts” means any part of a building comprising the dwelling-house,...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/4_paragraph/
The condition of any relevant furniture has deteriorated owing to ill-treatment by the tenant or...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/4_paragraph/
In this paragraph “relevant furniture” means any furniture provided by the landlord for use under...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/5a_paragraph
In this paragraph “premium” means any fine or other like sum and any other pecuniary...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/5a_paragraph
The tenancy was assigned to the tenant, or to a predecessor in title of his...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/5_paragraph/
The tenant is the person, or one of the persons, to whom the tenancy was...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/6_paragraph/
The dwelling-house was made available for occupation by the tenant (or a predecessor in title...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/7_paragraph/
The landlord intents, within a reasonable time of obtaining possession of the dwelling-house— (a) to...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/8_paragraph/
The dwelling-house has features which are substantially different from those of ordinary dwelling-houses and which...
s.schedule/3/part/i/crossheading/ground/9_paragraph/
The dwelling-house is let by a registered housing association which lets dwelling-houses only for occupation...
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