2 Unlawful sub-letting: assured tenancies [and secure contracts]

2  Unlawful sub-letting: assured tenancies [and secure contracts]

(1)     A tenant of a dwelling-house let under an assured tenancy [or a secure contract] to which this section applies 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 the whole or part of the dwelling-house,

(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 of the tenancy.

(2)     A tenant of a dwelling-house let under an assured

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