Section 79 — Housing Act 1985: Secure tenancies.

Secure tenancies. 79 1 A tenancy under which a dwelling-house in England is let as a separate dwelling is a secure tenancy at any time when the conditions described in sections 80 and 81 as the landlord condition and the tenant condition are satisfied.

2 Subsection (1) has effect subject to—

a the exceptions in Schedule 1 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies),

b sections 89(3) and (4) and 90(3) and (4) (tenancies ceasing to be secure after death of tenant),

and c sections 91(2) and 93(2) (tenancies ceasing to be secure in consequence of assignment of subletting).

3 The provisions of this Part apply in relation to a licence to occupy a dwelling-house in England (whether or not granted for a consideration) as they apply in relation to a tenancy.

4 Subsection (3) does not apply to a licence granted as a temporary expedient to a person who entered the dwelling-house or any other land as a trespasser (whether or not, before the grant of that licence, another licence to occupy that or another dwelling-house had been granted to him).