Sch 16 para 2
(1) Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 2 (premises occupied in connection with employment) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (1), (2) and (3) insert in each case “ Subject to sub-paragraph (4B) ” . (3) In sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph— (a) at the beginning insert “ Subject to sub-paragraph (4A) and (4B) ” , and (b) omit the words from “until” to the end. (4) After sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph insert— (4A) Except where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (4) shall become a secure tenancy when the periods during which the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), (2) or (3) are not satisfied with respect to the tenancy amount in aggregate to more than three years. (4B) Where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) shall become a secure tenancy if the authority notify the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy. (5) In paragraph 5 (temporary accommodation for persons taking up employment) in sub-paragraph (1)— (a) for the words from the beginning to first “grant” substitute “ Subject to sub-paragraphs (1A) and (1B), a tenancy is not a secure tenancy ” , and (b) omit from “unless” to the end. (6) After sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph insert (1A) Except where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy on the expiry of one year from the grant or on earlier notification by the landlord to the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy. (1B) Where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy if at any time the authority notify the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy. (7) In paragraph 10 (student lettings) in sub-paragraph (1)— (a) for the words from the beginning to “sub-paragraph (3)” substitute “ Subject to sub-paragraphs (2A) and (2B), a tenancy of a dwelling-house is not a secure tenancy ” , and (b) omit from “unless” to the end. (8) After sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph insert— (2A) Except where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy on the expiry of the period specified in sub-paragraph (3) or on earlier notification by the landlord to the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy. (2B) Where the landlord is a local housing authority, a tenancy under sub-paragraph (1) shall become a secure tenancy if at any time the authority notify the tenant that the tenancy is to be regarded as a secure tenancy. (9) In sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph for the words “sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “ sub-paragraph (2A) ” .