30 Transitional provision

30  Transitional provision

(1)     Subject as follows, section 1 (prohibitions applying to landlords) does not apply to—

(a)     a requirement imposed before the coming into force of that section, or

(b)     a requirement imposed by or pursuant to a tenancy agreement entered into before the coming into force of that section.

(2)     Subject as follows, section 1 does not apply to a requirement imposed by or pursuant to an agreement relating to a periodic tenancy which arises—

(a)     under section 5(2) of the Housing Act 1988 after the coming into force of section 1, and

(b)     on the coming to an end of a fixed term tenancy which was entered into before the coming into force of that section,

(referred to in this section as a “relevant statutory tenancy”).

(3)     Subsections (5) and (6) apply in relation to a provision of a tenancy agreement entered into before the coming into force of section 1 if, had the agreement been entered into after that time, that

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