1 Unlawful sub-letting: secure tenancies
Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (2013 c 3) | Legislation

1  Unlawful sub-letting: secure tenancies

(1)     A tenant of a dwelling-house [in England] let under a secure tenancy commits an offence if—

(a)     in breach of an express or implied term of the tenancy, the tenant sub-lets or parts with possession of—

(i)     the whole of the dwelling-house, or

(ii)     part of the dwelling-house without the landlord's written consent,

(b)     the tenant ceases to occupy the dwelling-house as the tenant's only or principal home, and

(c)     the tenant knows that the conduct described in paragraph (a) is a breach of a term

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