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07 May 2014 / Kirsty Varley
Issue: 7607 / Categories: Features , Landlord&tenant , Property
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Mind the gap

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The removal of the statutory breach of tenancy injunction from ABCPA 2014 will cause a headache for landlords, predicts Kirsty Varley

When the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCPA 2014) received Royal Assent in March, many changes were enshrined in law. While there is, at the time of writing, no commencement date for the changes, the intention is that they will come into force at some stage and so need to be given their due consideration.

Statutory breach of tenancy remedy?

In dealing with anti-social behaviour and tenancy enforcement, the tools and powers have been simplified in the main, and social landlords in particular are likely to welcome most of the changes to the remedies. There is one exception to this, however, and this is the removal of the statutory breach of tenancy injunction. The statutory breach of tenancy injunction is introduced in the Housing Act 1996 (HA 1996) and would have survived due to Cl 13 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill. Clause 13 of the Bill

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