Section 248 — Housing Act 1985: Form and contents of notification under s. 247.

Form and contents of notification under s. 247. 248 1 A notification under section 247 shall be in writing and contain the information required by this section.

2 Every notification shall contain—

a the name and address of the person by whom it is given, b the address of, and any further information necessary to identify, the land to which it relates, and c the estate or interest in that land which the person by whom it is given has at the time it is given.

3 The reference in subsection (2)(a) to a person’s address is to his place of abode or place of business or, in the case of a company, to its registered office.

4 To the extent that it is capable of being given by reference to a plan accompanying the notification, the information required by subsection (2)(b) may be so given.

5 A notification required by section 247(2) or (3) (notice to quit or impending expiry of tenancy) shall specify—

a whether the tenancy concerned is periodic or for a term certain, b the length of the period or term, and c the date on which the tenancy will come to an end (by virtue of the service of the notice to quit or by effluxion of time);

and in the case of a notification required by section 247(2) the landlord may also, if he considers it appropriate, give his reason for serving notice to quit.

6 A notification required by section 247(4) (disposal of land) shall specify—

a whether at the time the notification is given the person giving it intends to retain an estate or interest in the land, and b if he does, the nature of that estate or interest and the land in which he intends that it should subsist.