Civil way: 1 October 2021

NORMAL NOTICE PERIODS REPOSSESSED

Some degree of normality is injected into residential possessions in England with the return of pre-covid notice periods as from today 1 October 2021. It’s back to the general 14 days to two months. Some landlords will wish to assess whether to withdraw notices already served and restart. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/994) take us back to the good or bad old days (depending on whether your client is a non-payer or a non-receiver). At the same time, they eschew over comfort in retaining the power to bring back longer periods until 25 March 2022. And, yes, duty housing advisers are given a fillip with the introduction of new versions of the notices: form 3 for s 8 Housing Act 1988 grounds, form 6A for s 21 Housing Act 1988 and the part 2 notice for s 83 of the Housing