[84A Absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour]
Housing Act 1985 (1985 c 68) | Legislation

[84A  Absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour]

[(1)     If the court is satisfied that any of the following conditions is met, it must make an order for the possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy.

This is subject to subsection (2) (and to any available defence based on the tenant's Convention rights, within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998).

(2)     Subsection (1) applies only where the landlord has complied with any obligations it has under section 85ZA (review of decision to seek possession).

(3)     Condition 1 is that—

(a)     the tenant, or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house, has been convicted of a serious offence, and

(b)     the serious offence—

(i)     was committed (wholly or partly) in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house,

(ii)     was committed elsewhere against a person with a right (of whatever description) to reside in, or occupy housing accommodation in the locality of, the dwelling-house, or

(iii)     was committed elsewhere against the landlord of the dwelling-house, or a person employed (whether or not by the landlord) in connection with the exercise of the landlord's housing management functions, and directly or indirectly related to or affected those functions.

(4)

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