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The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings) Order 1997

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Article 2

SCHEDULESAVINGS

1.  The insertion of section 8A in the Housing Act 1988 and the amendment to section 8 of and Schedule 2 to that Act(1) (repossession: assured tenancies) shall have no effect in a case where—

(a)a notice under section 8 of that Act (notice of proceedings for possession) has been served before the commencement date; or

(b)the court has dispensed with the requirement of such a notice and the proceedings for possession were started before the commencement date.

2.  The amendments to section 21(1) and (4) of the Housing Act 1988(2) (recovery of possession on expiry or termination of assured shorthold tenancy) shall have no effect in a case where a landlord has served a notice under section 8 of that Act (notice of proceedings for possession) before the commencement date.

(1)

c. 50. See sections 101, 102, 148, 149, 150 and 151 of the Housing Act 1996.

(2)

See section 98 of the Housing Act 1996.

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