Section 553A — Housing Act 1985: Effect of repurchase on certain existing tenancies (Wales)

Effect of repurchase on certain existing tenancies (Wales) 553A 1 Where an authority mentioned in section 80 (authorities satisfying the landlord condition for secure tenancy) acquire an interest in a defective dwelling in Wales in pursuance of Schedule 20 (repurchase) and—

a the land in which the interest subsists is or includes a dwelling-house occupied as a separate dwelling, and b the interest of the person entitled to assistance by way of repurchase is, immediately before the completion of the authority’s acquisition, subject to a tenancy of the dwelling-house, the tenancy shall not, on or after the acquisition, become a secure contract unless the conditions specified in subsection (2) are met.

2 The conditions are—

a that the tenancy was a protected tenancy throughout the period beginning with the making of an application for assistance under this Part in respect of the defective dwelling and ending immediately before the authority’s acquisition, and b no notice was given in respect of the tenancy in accordance with any of the Cases 11 to 18 and 20 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) (notice that possession might be recovered under that Case).

3 This section has effect notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 11 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) .