5 Security of tenure
Housing Act 1988 (1988 c 50) | Legislation

Security of tenure

5  Security of tenure

[(1)     An assured tenancy cannot be brought to an end by the landlord except by—

(a)     obtaining—

(i)     an order of the court for possession of the dwelling-house under section 7 or 21, and

(ii)     the execution of the order,

(b)     obtaining an order of the court under section 6A (demotion order), . . .

(c)     in the case of a fixed term tenancy which contains power for the landlord to determine the tenancy in certain circumstances, by the exercise of that power[, or

(d)     in the case of an assured tenancy—

(i)     which is a residential tenancy agreement within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Immigration Act 2014, and

(ii)     in relation to which the condition in section 33D(2) of that Act is met,

giving a notice in accordance with that section], [or

(e)     in the case of an assured shorthold tenancy, serving a notice in accordance with section 57 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016,]

and, accordingly, the service by the landlord of a notice to quit is of no effect in relation to a periodic assured tenancy.

(1A)     Where an order of

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