Section 143MB — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Default flexible tenancies when no notice given under section 143MA

Default flexible tenancies when no notice given under section 143MA 143MB 1 This section applies where—

a a landlord has the power to serve a notice under section 143MA on the tenant under a demoted tenancy but fails to do so, and b the tenancy comes to an end on or after the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force.

2 On ceasing to be a demoted tenancy, the tenancy becomes a secure tenancy for a fixed term of 5 years that is a flexible tenancy.

3 The terms of the new tenancy are the same as those of the tenancy that it replaces, so far as those terms are compatible with—

a a tenancy for a fixed term of 5 years, and b the statutory provisions relating to flexible tenancies (within the meaning given by section 143MA(5).