158 Secure and assured tenancies: transfer of tenancy
Localism Act 2011 (2011 c 20) | Legislation

158  Secure and assured tenancies: transfer of tenancy

(1)     This section applies if the tenants (“the relevant tenants”) under two or more tenancies of dwelling-houses in England (“the existing tenancies”) make a request in writing to the landlord under each existing tenancy asking the landlord to—

(a)     permit the relevant tenant or tenants under the existing tenancy to surrender it, and

(b)     grant a new tenancy of the dwelling-house let under the tenancy to another relevant tenant or other relevant tenants.

(2)     The landlord must comply with the request if the following conditions are met.

(3)     The first condition is that at least one of the existing tenancies is—

(a)     a secure tenancy that is not a flexible tenancy [an old-style secure tenancy], or

(b)     an assured tenancy—

(i)

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